From T. S. Baynes 8 July 1875
Encyclopædia | Britannica. | 6 North Bridge. | Edinburgh
8. July 1875
Dear Sir,
Will you pardon me if I take the liberty of asking whether you could contribute to the new Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica a short article on Breeds and Breeding.1 Professor Huxley has suggested headings under which Natural History might be dealt with in the new Edition.2 I enclose a copy of his list, & you will see that the subject of Breeding is among the more general articles which he has suggested. The article should I presume give an outline of the main results of domestication—of the nature & amount of change in animal & vegetable life produced by direct human agency.3
I have just had a conversation with Prof: Huxley4 on the subject, & as the result of it I have decided to apply for your help.
Again apologising for the liberty I have thus taken | I am dear Sir | yours truly | Thos: S. Baynes.
Charles Darwin Esqe.
Footnotes
Bibliography
EB 9th ed.: The Encyclopaedia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. 9th edition. 24 vols. and index. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black. 1875–89.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. www.britannica.com/
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Summary
Asks CD to write short article on breeds and breeding for new edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Huxley has suggested natural history topics to be covered, and recommended CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10052
- From
- Thomas Spencer Baynes
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Encyclopaedia Britannica , Edinburgh
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 100
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10052,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
