To Charles Lyell [13 January 1874]1
6. Q. A. St.
Tuesday Evening
My dear Lyell
I will call tomorrow morning a little after 9. in hopes of seeing you.—
You will understand if I do not appear that I am not very well.2
Ever yours | Ch. Darwin
I return with thanks the Saturday Rw.—3 The Coral-Reef Book has been invaluable to me.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Coral reefs: The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842.
Summary
The coral-reef book has been invaluable [J. D. Dana, Corals and coral islands (1872); used by CD in Coral reefs, 2d ed. (1874)].
Thanks for Saturday Review.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9240
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/B1/ Lyell Temp Box 3.1 Folder_6)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9240,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9240.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
