To Reginald Darwin 2 May 1879
Down,
May 2, 1879.
My dear Cousin
I leave home on the 6th for 3 week’s rest and will then begin my preliminary notice and continue it after my return home.1
My object in writing is to say that I hope you will not consider me very unreasonable in keeping your various books for so long a time. I had intended to return them before leaving home, but one of my sons who understands mechanics has not yet had time to investigate how far some of the mechanical suggestions in the M.S. folio have since been improved or utilized.2 I have locked up all your books in an iron fire-proof Plate chest, so that they will be safe.
So pray forgive me and believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A life of unequalled achievement. London: Giles de la Mare Publishers.
Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424.
Summary
Leaves home on 6th for a rest.
Will commence writing Erasmus Darwin.
Apologises for keeping RD’s various books for so long a time.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12025
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Reginald Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 100
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12025,” accessed on 2 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12025.xml
