From Charles Lyell 9 May 1863
53 Harley St.
May 9. 1863
My dear Darwin
I am just returned from 3 days visit to Osborne— The Queen had been told that the only part of my book which she would understand was the Lake-dwellings, but I found that the only part she really had read was about you & your system, & plenty of questions it had suggested which I hope I answered well.1
Ever most truly yrs in haste | Cha Lyell
Footnotes
Bibliography
Lyell, Charles. 1863a. The geological evidences of the antiquity of man with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation. London: John Murray.
Summary
Has been to Osborne on the Isle of Wight to visit Queen Victoria, who had lots of questions about CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4149F
- From
- Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London
- Source of text
- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/B9)
- Physical description
- 1p C
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4149F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4149F.xml
