From St G. J. Mivart   19 January 1871

7, North Bank, | N.W.

Jany 19th 1871

My dear Sir

Many thanks— I am much vexed that you have not already received a copy of my little book which only an accident has prevented & I went yesterday to direct its being sent off forthwith.1

I trust that you will not think that I have said a word in it of opposition to you beyond what my view of the truth necessitates and I trust also that where I have been obliged to dissent my expressions have not been inconsistent with those sentiments of personal esteem & regard for you—

with which I am | My dear Sir | Your’s most truly | St. G. Mivart.

To | Charles Darwin Esq.

1
Mivart had probably heard that he was to receive an advance copy of the first volume of Descent (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 17 January [1871] and n. 4). He also refers to his book On the genesis of species (Mivart 1871a). There is an annotated copy of Mivart 1871a in the Darwin Library–CUL (Marginalia 1: 584–8). See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 January [1871].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7447,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7447