From E. B. Tylor 29 January [1875]1
Athenæum Club | Pall Mall
Jany 29
My dear Sir
I did no more than glance at the Q.R. & observe that it was what one may call an “eclectic review”, picking the one point in the reviewer’s favour & leaving the ninety & nine that told against him. It is only lately that I have noticed the part that shows how faithfully Mr Mivart has followed the ancient tactics of his Church against heretics.2
May I take this opportunity of asking you about Brehm’s “Thierleben”. I have suggested that if there is no English translation, perhaps my wife might undertake one. Knowing how occupied you are, I will ask you if you think the scheme desirable, to let me know, otherwise I shall understand that you do not think it worth doing.3
Believe me Dear Sir | Yours very truly | E B Tylor
Charles Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
[Mivart, St George Jackson.] 1874b. Primitive man: Tylor and Lubbock. [Essay review of the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor.] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77.
Summary
Does CD think it desirable for EBT’s wife to produce a new English translation of A. E. Brehm’s work [Illustrirtes Thierleben (1864–7)]?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9833
- From
- Edward Burnett Tylor
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Athenaeum Club
- Source of text
- DAR 178: 203
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9833,” accessed on 10 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9833.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
