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To John Price   [8 September – 13 October 1863]1

Malvern. Wells

Tuesday

Dear Price,

I have been ill, & am very weak. I do read your numbers—& last night I read Heureka.2

It seems to me as good as, perhaps better, than, the other articles.—

I am astonished at your vivid recollection of old times.3

I wonder you do not give us more about the wilder parts of North Wales, which I admire with the fervour of a Welchman.4

I sincerely wish you all success & that you may improve & please many readers—

I can write no more.—

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin.

Footnotes

1
The date range is established by the reference to Price 1863–4, and by CD’s address. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD stayed in Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, from 3 September to 12 or 13 October 1863; the first Tuesday after his arrival was 8 September.
2
The reference is to Price’s miscellaneous work, Old Price’s remains (Price 1863–4), published in monthly parts between April 1863 and March 1864. CD refers to a humorous article in the number for September 1863, entitled ‘E’UPHKA, E’UPHKA!’ (Eureka, eureka!) (ibid., pp. 277–82). CD’s copy of the work is in the Darwin Library–CUL.
3
Price was a childhood friend of CD’s; they were at Shrewsbury School together (see Correspondence vol. 1).
4
Shropshire, of which CD’s home town Shrewsbury is the county town, borders on north Wales, and CD made several trips there as a boy (see Correspondence vol. 1 , ‘Journal’ (Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix I)); he continued to visit Wales while he was at Cambridge and afterwards (see Correspondence vol. 2, ‘Journal’ (Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)).

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Price, John. 1863–4. Old Price’s remains; præhumous, or during life. 12 pts. London: Virtue, Brothers & Co.

Summary

Comments on JP’s work [Old Price’s remains (1863–4)].

Anglo-American relations. Progress of the Civil War.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-4286
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Price
Sent from
Malvern Wells
Source of text
DAR 147: 273
Physical description
C 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4286,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4286.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11

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