To J. N. Lockyer 21 May [1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 21st
Private
My dear Sir
I hope that you will think the enclosed worth printing in “Nature”2 A wood-cut wd. add greatly to its interest.—3 If printed perhaps I had better see proof.— If not printed, may I beg you to return it as I shd. be extremely sorry to lose record of so curious a case.—
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. F. Gray, 8 May [1878].
CD enclosed the letter from A. F. Gray, 8 May [1878]; the letter, together with an introductory note from CD, was published in Nature, 30 May 1878, pp. 120–1 (see letter to Nature, [21? May 1878]).
A woodcut was made of Gray’s drawing and published in Nature, 30 May 1878, p. 121 (see letter from A. F. Gray, 8 May [1878]).
Summary
Hopes that the enclosure [11497] is worth printing in Nature [see Nature (30 May 1878)]. A wood-cut would add interest.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11522A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Norman (Norman) Lockyer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of Exeter Library Special Collections (EUL MS 110)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11522A,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11522A.xml
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