To Patrick Geddes 20 December 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Dec 20th 1880
Dear Sir
You are perfectly welcome to copy for the Encyclop. Brit. any of the figures in my Insectivorous Plants.—1
Pray forgive the manner of directing the envelope, but no one in my house could read your signature.2
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Geddes’s article ‘Insectivorous plants’ was published in Encyclopaedia Britannica 9th ed., 13: 134–40. Of the sixteen illustrations, eight are from Insectivorous plants.
The letter from Geddes has not been found
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Gives permission to copy figures from Insectivorous plants for article in Encyclopaedia Britannica [by PG, 9th ed., vol. 13, pp. 134–40].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12928
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Patrick Geddes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (MS.10521)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12928,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12928.xml
letter
