To William Kemp 22 November [1843]
Down near Bromley Kent
Nov 22d
Dear Sir
I am pleased how good a case your facts have make.— Your last letter with an account of your manner of planting &c &c was very useful.—1 You will perceive the bearing of some of your facts by reading the article on Agyptian Wheat in the accompanying Gardeners Chroni⟨cle⟩ which please to return to me.—2 You will think I have greatly curtailed your paper, I am certain that a short paper with no theory is desirable in this case. Please to make any corrections o⟨r⟩ remarks or improvements on a separate piece of paper, & I will introduce them.3 I have written to Professor Henslow to le⟨arn⟩ what your doubtful plant was, & will make ⟨any⟩ alteration which may be desirable—4 I propose to send your paper to the Annals of Natural Histo⟨ry⟩ with a request for its early insertion (proba⟨bl⟩y it can not be admitted for 5 or 6 weeks)5 & for a few copies for yourself— I hope you will be satisfied with my abstract, which I have tak⟨en⟩ pains with & will correct, when in type.— The paper is not geological enough for the Geological Soc.—
Believe me | With good wishes | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin
P.S. You will observe that I have introduced a few remarks not in your papers, which I thought desirable, which I do not doubt you will excuse6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Kemp, William. 1844. An account of some seeds buried in a sand-pit which germinated. By Mr William Kemp of Galashiels, in a letter to Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 89–91.
Summary
CD is pleased with how good a case WK’s facts have made.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-715F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Kemp
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- 22NO22 | 1843
- Source of text
- Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/21) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 715F,” accessed on 6 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-715F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)