From Susan and Catherine Darwin [22 July 1840]
[Shrewsbury]
that makes her so uncomfortable.—
Catty is going to the Library & will answer yr questions at the end. We will take no notice about poor John of course.—
Goodbye | Dear Charly | Ever Yr affecte. S E D.
They have got the Measles at Overton, & Franky is very poorly.1
Smellie’s History of Natural Philosophy 1st. Vol.—2 published in 1790. Edinburgh. Printed for the Heirs of Charles Elliot & C. Elliot, & T. Kay. T Cadell & G. G. & J. J. Robinson—London. 1st Edition—Pages 517. 2d Vol. published in 1799. by the late W. Smellie. Printed for Bell & Bradfute. W. Creech E. Balfour & Robinson, Paternoster Row
Footnotes
Bibliography
Smellie, William. 1790–9. The philosophy of natural history. 2 vols. Edinburgh.
Vorzimmer, Peter J. 1977. The Darwin reading notebooks (1838-1860). Journal of the History of Biology 10: 107–53.
Summary
Reference to W. Smellie’s Natural history [1791] requested by CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-575
- From
- Susan Elizabeth Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Shrewsbury
- Postmark
- S⟨hrewsb⟩ury JY 22 1840
- Source of text
- DAR 261.11: 24 (EH 88206076)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 575,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-575.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
