From T. L. Brunton 17 October 1881
50, Welbeck Street, | Cavendish Square, | London.W.
Octr. 17th. 1881
My dear Mr. Darwin
On my return to town last night I found your very kind letter and present awaiting me and for them both I return you my best thanks.1 I regretted so much that I was unable to obtain a complete set of my papers, especially as I thought that some of those which I had not would have been of more interest but they have been published in various journals & magazines and I cannot collect them— I have been trying in vain for a long time to get a complete set to bind for reference.2
Your work on the formation of mould will be read with great pleasure by my wife3 and me during our holiday at Sandown and by it you will repeat the benefit which you conferred on her as well as on many others, by your works. For besides the modification of the whole current of human thought which it produced throughout the world your Origin of Species4 sent little wavelets of pleasure to many a one & saved my wife from ennui during a dreary fortnight at Malaga.
With renewed thanks | Believe me gratefully yours | T Lauder Brunton
Footnotes
Bibliography
Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Thanks CD for a copy of Earthworms.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13408
- From
- Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Welbeck St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 345
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13408,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13408.xml