To John Lubbock 16 August [1876]1
Aug 16th
My dear Sir John—
Your speech appears to all of us quite excellent—admirable—& I am very glad indeed to have heard it read aloud.—2 I send the Todas, which please keep, as long as you like, but let me have back some time.3
yours &c | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hansard parliamentary debates: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Marshall, William Elliot. 1873. A phrenologist amongst the Todas, or, the study of a primitive tribe in South India: history, character, customs, religion, infanticide, polyandry, language. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Summary
Glad to have heard JL’s admirable speech read aloud.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10578
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 49644: 159)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10578,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10578.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24