To John Phillips 29 November [1859]1
Ilkley Wells House | Otley Yorkshire
Nov. 29th
My dear Phillips
I did not expect that you would have so kindly answered my note.—2
I am ashamed to say that I have not (but hereafter will) read your two publications. I well remember putting down Malvern to study, but my list of unread books is rather long.3 I can only say as a sort of apology, that on some subjects I was forced to read enormously & to experimentise, as on breeding & the origin of domestic races. And the consumption of time was immense.
I sincerely regret for my own sake that I have overlooked your two works. I know it is a sin.
In great haste | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Apologises for not having had time to read Phillips’ books.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2560G
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Phillips
- Sent from
- Otley Yorkshire
- Source of text
- Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library (tipped in to the Phillips copy of Origin (QH365 .O1859 1859 8vo c.1))
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2560G,” accessed on 4 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2560G.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
