To Wilhelm Viëtor 16 September 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Sept. 16th. 1880.
Dear Sir
As I think any improvement in orthography would be a national benefit, I shall be happy if you will enter my name as a supporter & well-wisher; but I cannot promise to be a “contributor”, if by this is meant a writer of articles or letters to your paper.—1
With all good wishes | I remain Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin.
Footnotes
The letter from Viëtor has not been found. Viëtor edited the journal Zeitschrift für Orthographie: Unparteiisches Centralorgan für die orthographische Bewegung im In- und Ausland (Journal of orthography: Impartial central organ for the orthographic movement at home and abroad) from 1880 to 1886. In the first issue (October 1880), p. 2, CD’s name appears in the list of supporters.
Summary
Improvement in orthography would be national benefit, but cannot contribute to WV’s paper.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12714
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Carl Adolf Theodor Wilhelm (Wilhelm) Viëtor
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 194a
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12714,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12714.xml
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