From Raphael Meldola 22 March 1878
21 John St. | Bedford Row, | London W.C.
March 22nd. 1878
My dear Sir,
I enclose proof of Proc. Ent. Soc. for Feb. meeting in order that you may see the use I have made of the letter from Fritz Müller which you were so good as to place at my disposal.1 The discussion on Sir John Lubbock’s paper also elicited, as you will see, many valuable observations— altogether the meeting was occupied with the consideration of so many points bearing on the great question of the descent-theory that you may find it useful to keep the enclosed separate copy of the Proc. for reference.2 This must be my excuse for troubling you.
Yours very truly, | R. Meldola.
P.S. I am forming an album of the eminent scientific men of the period— dare I ask you to honour me with your photograph & autograph to add to the collection? If you have one to spare (ordinary ‘carte’ size) I should highly prize it. | R. M.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Lubbock, John. 1878. Note on the colours of British caterpillars. [Read 6 February 1878.] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1878): 239–58.
Summary
Encloses proof of the Entomological Society’s Proceedings for February to show the use he has made of Fritz Müller’s letter [see 11319].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11438
- From
- Raphael Meldola
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, John St, 21
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 126
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11438,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11438.xml