To T. M. Reade 12 October [1877]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct. 12
My dear Sir
I am very glad to hear of your work.—2 As at present every minute of my time is occupied with observations on vegetable physiology I will not accept the very kind offer of your M.S, but whenever it is published I shall read it with great interest3
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the references to Reade’s paper in this letter and in the letter to G. H. Darwin, 24 November [1877].
Reade was writing a paper titled ‘The age of the world as viewed by the geologist and the mathematician’; it was published in February 1878 (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 24 November [1877] and n. 5).
CD recorded that he worked on movement of plants and heliotropism during the second half of 1877 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
Summary
CD is occupied with vegetable physiology.
Prefers to read MS when published.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11180
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Mellard Reade
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.3)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11180,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11180.xml
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