WCP1934

Letter (WCP1934.1824)

[1]

Down

Beckenham Bromley

Kent S.E.

June 5 [July 1870]1

My dear Wallace

As imitation & protection are y[ou]r subjects I have thought that you w[oul]d like to possess the enclosed curious drawing.2 The note tells all I know about it.

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin [signature]

[2]3 P.S

I read not long ago a German article on the colour of female birds, & the author leaned rather strongly to your side about nidification.4 I forget who the author was, but he seemed to know a good deal.—

C.D [signature]

1
A pencil annotation at the upper right-hand corner of page 1 adds '?1881 [1870?]'. The correct month and year of July 1870 has been established by the Darwin Correspondence Project see DCP-LETT-7218. Darwin evidently wrote 'June' by mistake.
2
The enclosed drawing and note have been located, however ARW indicates receiving the drawing in his letter addressed to Darwin on 6 July 1870. See WCP1935.4087.
3
A pencil annotation at the top of page 2 adds "June 5".
4
The German article remains unidentified.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP1934.1824)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Darwin Correspondence Project [2012-11-20] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20]

Published letter (WCP1934.6019)

[1] [p. 252]

Down, Beckenham, Kent, S.E. June 5, 1870.

My dear Wallace, — As imitation and protection are your subjects I have thought that you would like to possess the enclosed curious drawing.1 The note tells all I know about it. — Yours very sincerely, | CH. DARWIN.

P.S. — I read not long ago a German article2 on the colours of female birds, and that author leaned rather strongly to your side about nidification. I forget who the author was, but he seemed to know a good deal. — C. D.

1
Enclosed curious drawing.
2
German article — 'Darwin Correspondence' suggests this is unidentified.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP1934.6019)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Paterson, Gavin [2019-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP1934,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1934