From G. G. Stokes to T. H. Huxley 8 December 1864
The Royal Society, | Burlington House, London. W.
8th Decr. 1864
My dear Huxley,
I believe in my last I made some confusion between Darwin’s proposer and seconder, which I beg you to conceive corrected.1
To pass to another matter. I called at Messrs. Taylor’s today,2 and found that you have had the proofs of your paper in hands for about 3 months.3 May I hope that you will soon return them, as they have a lot of type blocked up?
There are some Authors who are more ready to come down on the referees if they keep a paper, or on the Secretary if he does not stir them up,4 than to get on with their own proofs.
Yours very truly | G. G. Stokes
Footnotes
Bibliography
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Summary
Corrects a minor error in his last letter.
Urges THH to return proofs of his paper to Royal Society. Some authors are more ready to come down on reviewers and secretary for delay than to get on with their own proofs.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4709
- From
- George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Royal Society
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 87–8
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4709,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4709.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
