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From W. B. Tegetmeier   2 November 1881

The Field. | 346, Strand, | London, W.C.

Novr 2 1881

Dear Sir

I take the liberty of sending you a slip containing a notice of your last volume, which our proprietors did me the honour of requesting me to write—1 I regret that the notice is not more worthy of the subject but the exigencies of time and space are not to be denied.

Among the most pleasing recollections of my past life are those of the time when I had the honour and the pleasure of assisting you very slightly in the matter of variation.—2 and it seems like the resuscitation of old and pleasant times to be again brought into connexion with your work in however distant a mode

Believe me | Very faithfully | yours | W B Tegetmeier

C Darwin Esq

1
Tegetmeier’s unsigned review of Earthworms appeared in the Field, 29 October 1881, p. 620; a copy is in CD’s scrapbook of reviews (DAR 226.1: 53). Tegetmeier was the pigeon and poultry editor for the journal.
2
Tegetmeier had supplied CD with extensive information on domestic animals; he had also introduced CD to pigeon fanciers and advised on pigeon breeding (see, for example, Correspondence vols. 6 and 16).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13453,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13453