To M. T. Masters [after 25 November 1880]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
My dear Sir
I must write one line to thank you for your kind note.— I had great misgivings about Chatin, & I much wish that I had recollected your article; but it is now too late. I assumed that Chatin was quite trust worthy.2
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from M. T. Masters, 25 November 1880.
In his letter of 25 November 1880, Masters drew CD’s attention to a possible mistake in the work of Joannes Chatin, which CD had quoted in Movement in plants, p. 389.
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Thanks for note. CD had had misgivings about Chatin but had assumed he was trustworthy [see Movement in plants, p. 389].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12859
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Maxwell Tylden Masters
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12859,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12859.xml
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