To Alexander Agassiz 10 September [1871 or 1873]1
Down | Beckenham. Kent
Sep. 10.
My dear Mr Agassiz.
I have received a short time ago the several very valuable works mentioned in your circular and which have been so magnificently sent me by your Father and the Museum of Comp: Zoology— At the bottom of the Circular, works in Exchange are asked for—2 Would my Journal of Researches—Origin of Species, Variation of Animals & Plants under Domestication, & Descent of Man, be of any use? If so I would send them; but the American Editions are so very much cheaper, that it would save me a good deal of money if you would instruct your Clerk to tell me what the cost of the whole is in America,3 I could easily procure & send dollars by-which they could be purchased, and this would cause very little trouble.— But I fear that these books would be of very little use—
Pray believe me, yours sincerely & obliged. | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Descent US ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton. 1871.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Journal of researches (1870): Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. By Charles Darwin. New edition. London: John Murray. 1870.
Journal of researches US ed. (1871): Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. By Charles Darwin. New edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1871.
Marcou, Jules. 1896. Life, letters, and works of Louis Agassiz. 2 vols. London and New York: Macmillan and Co.
Origin 5th ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 5th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
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.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Variation US ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. New York: Orange Judd & Co. [1868.]
Summary
Discusses exchange of books.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7932
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alexander Agassiz
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 9
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7932,” accessed on 17 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7932.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19