To Julius Lippert [May 1881 or later]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Dear Sir,
Pray allow me to thank you sincerely for your kindness in having sent me your work “Die Religionen &c”.2 Your subject is a most interesting one, and as far as I can judge from the Table of Contents it has been fully treated by you
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The date is established by the reference to Lippert 1881, the foreword of which is dated April 1881.
CD’s copy of Die Religionen der Europäischen Culturvölker (The religions of the civilised peoples of Europe; Lippert 1881) is in the Darwin Library–Down.
Bibliography
Lippert, Julius. 1881. Die Religionen der Europäischen Culturvölker. Berlin: Theodor Hofmann.
Summary
Thanks JL for copy of Die Religionen [1881].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12959
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Julius Lippert
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection ((MS.7781/1–32 item 23)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12959,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12959.xml
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