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To J. A. H. de Bosquet   13 August [1854]

Down Farnborough Kent

Augt. 13th.

Dear Sir

I received the day before yesterday your most kind present of your two valuable volumes.—1 I congratulate you on their final publication; their illustrations are really admirable, & the infinite labour which you must have bestowed on the subject is worthy of all praise.— I was interested by your remarks on the geological distribution of the Entomostraca.—2

I too have finished some weeks ago my volume,3 but when it will be actually published depends on the Ray Society.—4 As soon as I get copies, I will do myself the pleasure of sending you one.5

With every good wish for success in your scientific pursuits, & with very sincere respect, I beg to remain | Dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Chas. Darwin

1
Bosquet 1852 and 1854. Both volumes are in the Darwin Library–Down.
2
Bosquet 1852.
3
CD finished the final revision of Living Cirripedia (1854) on 15 July (‘Journal’; Correspondence vol. 5, Appendix I).
4
The work was published in September.
5
Bosquet’s name appears on CD’s lists of presentation copies for both Living Cirripedia (1851) and Living Cirripedia (1854) (MS attached to CD’s copy of Living Cirripedia (1854) in the Cambridge University Library).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1578,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1578