To J. E. Gray   17 February [1868]1

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

Feb 17

My dear Gray

Many thanks for Nathusius recd safely.2 When in London I will call on you & shall be much obliged if you will tell me your views on the specific differences of pigs.3

I do not know who has cut me up so severely in the Ath: nor do I know whom you mean by the “great friend of John Murray.

From 2 or 3 little points I suspect the author to be your great man in the Museum—4

My dear Gray | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. E. Gray, 17 February 1868.
2
CD refers to Nathusius 1864. See letter from J. E. Gray, 15 February 1868.
3
CD was in London from 3 March to 1 April 1868 (see ‘Journal’ (Correspondence vol. 16, Appendix II)).
4
Gray had alluded to the author of the anonymous review of Variation in the Athenaeum ([Robertson] 1868a) as ‘the great friend’ of John Murray, CD’s publisher. CD believed the review was by Richard Owen.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5885,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5885