To Ignatius Donnelly 2 March 1882
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
March 2d. 1882.—
Dear Sir
I am much obliged to you for your kindness in having sent me a copy of your “Atlanttis”.1 I shall read the book with interest, though I must confess in a very sceptical spirit.—
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Donnelly argued in his recently published book, Atlantis (Donnelly 1882), that Atlantis was a real island, destroyed in a cataclysmic event; survivors travelled to all parts of the globe, carrying their tale of disaster, which became the various flood legends of widely separated cultures. For more on Donnelly and his literary output, see Anderson 1980.
Bibliography
Anderson, David Daniel. 1980. Ignatius Donnelly. Boston: Twayne Publishers.
Donnelly, Ignatius. 1882. Atlantis: the antediluvian world. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Summary
Thanks ID for a copy of his book, Atlantis [1882], which CD will read with interest but "in a very sceptical spirit".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13712
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ignatius Loyola (Ignatius) Donnelly
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Minnesota Historical Society (Ignatius Donnelly papers)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13712,” accessed on
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