To John Murray 13 July [1871]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
July 13
My dear Mr Murray
Many thanks for your kind present of the Q. Review. I have read only a few pages; but I see it is a cutting article, & apparently worthy of Mr. Mivart’s skill.2
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the reference to St George Jackson Mivart’s anonymous review of Descent (see n. 2, below).
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Thanks JM for Quarterly Review. Its "cutting" article [on Descent, 131 (1871): 47–90] is worthy of Mivart’s skill.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7863
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 248–9)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7863,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7863.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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