To Henry Willett 19 April [1874]1
Down | Beckenham. Kent.
Ap 19th.
My dear Sir
Mr. Balfour is in Naples & I do not know his address,2 so that the circular does not signify. I was very glad to see that your great undertaking was progressing favourably.3 You must be reading one of the first Editions of the Origin, for I altered & omitted long ago that part about the rate of the sea eating back the land, in which I blundered most egregiously4
My dear Sir | Yrs. very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin 2d ed.: 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. 1860.
Origin 3d ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 3d edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1861.
[Willett, Henry.] 1878. The record of the sub-Wealden exploration. Brighton: W. J. Smith.
Summary
F. M. Balfour is in Naples. Comments on rate at which sea eats back the land, as given in early editions of Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9420
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Willett
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 359
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9420,” accessed on 2 December 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9420.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22