To G. J. Romanes 28 January 1882
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Jan. 28th 1882
My dear Romanes
I feel bound to do what Mr Mc.Alister wishes, though it seems to me superfluous.—1 A page or two is all that I shall be able to write, & it will not be well done, but I will do my best, & no man can do more than that.—
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
CD may have met Donald MacAlister at the recent visit of the Sunday Tramps (letter from Leslie Stephen, 12 January 1882). On the membership of the Tramps, see ODNB s.v. ‘Sunday Tramps’. No other correspondence with Romanes about MacAlister has been found; the piece of writing has not been identified.
Summary
Agrees to write a page or two on behalf of Donald MacAlister.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13647
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.614)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13647,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30
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