To St George Jackson Mivart 9 December [1867]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Dec 9th
[thanking him for his “Memoir on the Append. skeleton of the Primates” which he says he is glad to receive at present “as I am now attending to some point in the natural history of man”.2] I hope that we may some time soon meet in London, for I am anxious to make the acquaintance of one who has done such good work in comparative anatomy.3
With my best thanks, | pray believe me | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Blum, Christopher Olaf. 1996. St. George Mivart: Catholic natural philosopher. PhD thesis: University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Gruber, Jacob W. 1960. A conscience in conflict. The life of St. George Jackson Mivart. New York: Columbia University Press for Temple University Publications.
Summary
Thanks for his memoir ["On the appendicular skeleton of the Primates"].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5720A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- St George Jackson Mivart
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (21 and 22 July 1988, pp. 212–13)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5720A,” accessed on 11 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5720A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15