To W. B. Tegetmeier 15 August [1875]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Aug 15th
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged for all your information. The answer about Eclipse is enough for my purpose.2
To refer to the other points: if the list about the breeding of Mares is printed I shd. like to have a copy, but otherwise do not trouble yourself.—3
I shd. be grateful for corrections of any errors in Var. under Dom; but I have added so much that I must add no more.4
Lastly with respect to the Pheasants, I will keep your note & so not forget that you have said something about intercrosses between the two species; but I suppose that the work is a large one, & I really do not like to accept your generous offer,—though the offer pleases me much, & I thank you heartily.5
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
I sincerely hope that your health is now well reestablished.6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bruce Lowe, Charles. 1895. Breeding racehorses by the figure system. Compiled by the late C. Bruce Lowe; edited by William Allison. London: Horace Cox.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Richardson, Edmund William. 1916. A veteran naturalist; being the life and work of W. B. Tegetmeier. London: Witherby & Co.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks for answer to racehorse query;
would be grateful for correction of any errors in Variation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10118
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10118,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10118.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23