To John Davy   25 March [1855]

Down Farnborough Kent

March 25

My dear Sir

I arrived home late last night, (bringing with me the Angler & his Friend)1 & found your Paper2 here; I write this merely in case that you might be surprised that I had not earlier acknowledged its safe arrival.—

I assure you I feel much pleased & flattered by the form you have done me the honour of putting the communication under.3

In two or three days I will forward it to the Royal Socy. & do myself the pleasure of writing to you again.—

In Haste pray believe me | Yours truly obliged | Charles Darwin

1
The title of Davy 1855. CD recorded having read it on 25 April 1855 (Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV, 128: 10).
2
See letter from John Davy, 21 March 1855, which was intended to be communicated by CD to the Royal Society. It was later published as Davy 1856.
3
The paper was written in epistolary style addressed to CD. It explained the results of experiments that Davy stated had been suggested to him by CD.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1653,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1653