To T. H. Huxley [7 May] 18801
Down, Beckenham, Kent
Friday 1880.
My dear Huxley
I have just read your “Coming of age” in Nature.2 I am quite delighted with it. Like everything which you write it seems to contain the whole subject in a few words, and is unanswerable.—
Ever yours with admiration | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The day and month are established by the publication date of Huxley’s article (see n. 2, below), and the relationship between this letter and the letter from T. H. Huxley, 10 May 1880. In 1880, 7 May was a Friday.
The opening article of the issue of Nature for 6 May 1880 was Huxley’s ‘The coming of age of the Origin of Species’ (T. H. Huxley 1880c).
Bibliography
Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1880c. The coming of age of the Origin of Species. Nature, 6 May 1880, pp. 1–4.
Summary
Expresses his delight with and admiration for THH’s "Coming of age [of The origin of species]" in Nature [22 (1880): 1–4].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12597
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 145: 289; Janet Huxley (private collection)
- Physical description
- C, ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12597,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12597.xml
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