To T. C. Eyton 24 [November 1859]
Ilkley Wells House | Otley, Yorkshire
24th
Dear Eyton
Many thanks for your note.— My Book will horrify & disgust you, though I have already met with far more accordance than I expected from several high authorities.—
I shd. much like to have the Book you refer to.— I honour & admire your zeal in going to Hythe to drill.1
Englishmen are showing themselves worthy of the name.
Believe me | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Summary
Mentions reactions to Origin. It will "horrify and disgust" TCE.
Some authorities approve more than CD expected.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2546
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Campbell Eyton
- Sent from
- Ilkley
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.177)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2546,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2546.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
