To G. H. Darwin 25 November [1881]1
From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.
Nov. 25th
You said that you had been so busy lately that you had not read Nature— Be sure read p. 81 of last Nature—2 It is superb & has made me awfully proud.
C. D.
Footnotes
The year is established by reference to Nature (see n. 2, below).
George had been at Down from 11 to 13 November 1881 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and letter from Emma Darwin to George Howard Darwin, [16 November 1881] (DAR 210.3: 31)). The issue of Nature contained a lecture by Robert Stawell Ball praising George’s contribution to tidal theory: ‘The great theory itself is chiefly the work of one man. You are all familiar with the name he bears. The discoverer of tidal evolution is Mr G. H. Darwin, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge’ (Nature, 24 November 1881, p. 81). See also letter to G. H. Darwin, 8 June [1881].
Summary
Last issue of Nature has made him "awfully proud". [See R. S. Ball, "A glimpse through the corridors of time", Nature 25 (1881): 79–82.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13511
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 112
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13511,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13511.xml
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