To G. C. Robertson 22 May 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 22d 77
My dear Sir
I return the proofs, with some corrections which will require looking to in the revise, if you will be so good as to do so.— I am gratified that you should think my little paper worth inserting in your Journal, & I can assure you that I took pains to observe accurately.—1
If compatible with the rules of your Journal, I shd be very glad to have 25 or even 30 copies, struck off at my expence, as several of my many relations wd. like to have a copy
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Biographical sketch of an infant’: A biographical sketch of an infant. By Charles Darwin. Mind 2 (1877): 285–94. [Shorter publications, pp. 409–16.]
Summary
CD is gratified that GCR thinks "Sketch of an infant" [Collected papers 2: 191–200] worth publishing. Returns corrected proofs. Assures GCR he took pains to observe carefully.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10968
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Croom Robertson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Croom Robertson: MS ADD 88/9–15/11)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10968,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10968.xml
