To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 7 July 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
July 7 1875
My dear Professor Dyer
I am now in the midst of correcting the “Variation” & shall be extremely obliged for any corrections & notes;1 but I want to avoid making the book larger, by adding any thing which is not important.
I have long wished to become acquainted with Professor Lancaster, & I shall be very happy if you & he will come here on some Sunday towards the end of the month.2 There is a train which leaves Charing X at 2.30 & I hope you will sleep here & we will send you to the station the next morning.
Will you be so good as to give me some days notice, as relations sometimes fill our house on a Sunday.
As I should be extremely sorry to appear ungracious to Prof. Lancaster, I hope that you will tell him that I am incapable of talking with friends for more than a short time
Pray believe me | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Discusses corrections to Variation.
Extends invitation to E. Ray Lankester to visit Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10046
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 23–4)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10046,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10046.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23