To Julius von Haast 5 May [1866]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
May 5th
My dear Dr. Haast
I have just received the list of candidate proposed by Council of Royal Soc. & I am heartily sorry that your name is not there; but you are certain to be elected another year.—2
I write now to say that I regret extremely, that though I wrote especially on the subject, your proposal paper was never sent for my signature & when I enquired it was too late as the paper was already suspended. But I hope to be in London this summer, health permitting, & will then attach my name;3 but in truth such attached names do not much signify, as the Council judges by what is said by those present, & this year the Council is extraordinarily deficient in members who have attended to Natural History & Geology.—4
With every good wish, believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
Summary
Regrets that JvH is not on list of candidates for Royal Society. This year the Council of Royal Society is extraordinarily deficient in natural historians and geologists. Thinks JvH is sure to be elected another year.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5079
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Haast family papers, MS-Papers-0037-051-3)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5079,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5079.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14