To P. L. Sclater 11 November [1870]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Nov. 11
My dear Mr. Sclater
I will most gladly accept your kindness.—2 I look at the delay caused as nothing comparatively to the great benefit.— I never expected or hoped for many criticisms, but I still hope you will point out any serious error,—whatever trouble this may cause to my Printers.— I suppose I shall soon receive Revises, but Messrs Clowes3 sometimes delay the 2d proofs till of a whole vol. is corrected in first proof.—
Mr Hudson’s paper is very interesting & it pleases me to see so staunch a hater of evolution a little staggered at the end of his paper.—4
Yours very truly obliged | Ch. Darwin
I will not now waste quite so much time in trying to find every name quoted in some book; so you will doubly help me.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Hudson, William Henry. 1870. On the ornithology of Buenos Ayres. [Letters from W. H. Hudson to the Zoological Society of London read 10 and 24 February, 24 March, 26 May, 23 June, 1 and 15 November, and 6 December 1870] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1870): 87–9, 112–14, 158–60, 332–4, 545–50, 671–3, 748–50, 798–802.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Accepts PLS’s offer to read proofs of [Descent].
W. H. Hudson’s paper is interesting.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7366
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Philip Lutley Sclater
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Kotte Autographs (dealers) (April 2019)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7366,” accessed on 2 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7366.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18