To T. H. Huxley   16 December [1857]

Summary

THH’s catalogue [THH and R. Etheridge, A catalogue of the collection of fossils in the Museum of Practical Geology (1865), part published in 1857] best résumé he has seen of science of natural history. On classification he is not quite sure that he wholly goes along with THH. Encloses a few criticisms of THH’s preface.[enclosure survives as copy only].

Letter details

Record number

DCP-LETT-2185

From

Charles Robert Darwin

To

Thomas Henry Huxley

Date

16 Dec [1857]

Sent from

Down

Source of text

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 151); DAR 145: 178

Physical description

4pp, C encl 2pp

Contributor

Darwin Correspondence Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6.

• Darwin, C. R.
• Huxley, T. H.