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To Joseph Reay Greene?1   24 September [1861]2

Down

24 September

‘I was but lately wishing to read some treatise up to the present mark, on these animals. I have cut the pages & can clearly see that your work will much interest & instruct me …’

1
The identity of the correspondent is suggested by the catalogue description, which states that CD was ‘returning thanks for the gift of his correspondent’s treatise on Coelenterata’. There is a copy of Greene’s Manual of the sub-kingdom Cœlenterata (the second part of Greene 1859–61) in the Darwin Library–Down.
2
The year is established by the year of publication of the volume mentioned in the letter (see n. 1, above).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3265,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3265