To Francis Galton 15 [June 1879]1
From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.
One line to thank you for Photograph.2 My little Biography has turned out, alas, very dull & has disappointed me much.3 May your tour turn out pleasant under a better sky than our detestable one.—4
C.D.
15th.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424.
Summary
CD’s little biography [Erasmus Darwin] has turned out very dull.
May FG’s tour turn out pleasant.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12109
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Galton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/3/4/3)
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12109,” accessed on 6 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12109.xml