To Arthur Nicols [after 24 February 1876]1
Excuse brevity, I have many letters daily to write
I agree with all you say about being led to enquire as foundation of observation.2
Publisher3
Quite right then not to attack tradition beliefs, however absurd
Your idea seems a good one & well carried out—& I shd think & hope attractive to the young—as far as I can judge— I have made 1 or 2 pencil memoranda—where your statements seem to me rather strong4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Nicols, Arthur. 1877. The puzzle of life and how it has been put together: a short history of vegetable and animal life upon the earth from the earliest times: including an account of pre-historic man, his weapons, tools, and works. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
Summary
Supports AN’s idea [of a natural history book for children].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10409
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 172: 65/1v
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10409,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10409.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24