To Francis Galton 1 January [1855]1
Down Farnborough Kent
Jan 1st—
My dear Galton
I received your kind present yesterday. I always thought your idea of your Book2 a very good one, & that you would do it capitally, & from what I have seen my forethought is, I am sure, quite justified. I hope that your volume will have a large sale, but what I fully expect is that it will have a long sale, & if you save from some disasters half-a-dozen explorers, I feel sure that you will think yourself well rewarded for all the trouble your volume must have cost you.
We are looking out, but I fear shall hardly succeed, for a House in London for a month.3 If we succeed you will see us soon in Victoria Stt. Thank you very much for your kind offer of a bed, but my Brother’s House is always my home in London.—
My wife joins in very kind remembrances to yourself & Mrs. Galton4 & believe me Dear Galton | Yours very truly | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Galton, Francis. 1855. The art of travel; or, shifts and contrivances available in wild countries. London.
Summary
Thanks FG for book [The art of travel (1855)].
Is looking for a house in London for a month.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1627
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Galton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/3)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1627,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1627.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
