To K. M. Lyell 16 February 1882
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Feb. 16th. 1882
My dear Mrs. Lyell
In the last number of Kosmos there is a short, but worthy article on your Life of Lyell.1 The Journal is devoted to Evolution, so it is chiefly to this subject to which the review is directed, but the unknown Reviewer evidently appreciates fully Lyell’s lofty position, & the interest of your book.— He hopes that a German Translation may appear.— If you cannot easily see a copy & if you care to read the short review, I can lend you the number.—2
I was quite sorry when we came to the end of your book, & shd have liked a good deal more. Here is candour!!! Nevertheless I still think that a good many letters might have been omitted with advantage. All followers & admirers of Lyell ought & will feel grateful to you for having published this life of him.—
Pray believe me | Dear Mrs Lyell | Yours 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–.
Lyell, Katharine Murray, ed. 1881. Life, letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Summary
Offering to send a copy of Kosmos containing a short review of her Life, letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. (K. M. Lyell ed. 1881).
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13689F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Katharine Murray Horner/Katharine Murray Lyell
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Christie’s, London (dealers) (16–23 May 2019, lot 8)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13689F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13689F.xml
