To E. F. Lubbock 18 July [1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 18th
My dear Lady Lubbock
Your account of what I have done in natural history is full & accurate, really to a quite wonderful degree.2 It could not have been better done, & I do not think that I could myself have remembered all the points to which you refer, or have selected better ones.— I shd. be the most greedy man alive for praise, if I were not very much more than contented with what you have so kindly said of me.—
Pray believe me | Yours very truly obliged | Charles Darwin
P.S | Instead of giving at end references to my papers, I have added the titles of my later books.—3
I have also added name of my maternal grandfather, of whom I am proud.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
[Lubbock, Ellen Frances.] 1878. Contemporary Portraits. New Series.— No. 8. Charles Darwin, F.R.S. University Magazine 2: 154–63.
Summary
EFL’s account of what CD has done in natural history is full and accurate and could not have been done better. He has added the titles of his later books and the name of his maternal grandfather [Josiah Wedgwood] of whom he is proud.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13824
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ellen Frances Hordern/Ellen Frances Lubbock
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Dr N. Hammond (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13824,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13824.xml
