To John Fiske 5 August [1879]1
Waterhead Hotel | Coniston, Ambleside
Augt. 5th
My dear Mr Fiske
I received two days ago the kind present of your essays.—2 I had intended to write after I had read them; but I wish to remain in an idiotic state of idleness, as long as I possibly can, & after reading half of the first essay, I can plainly see that they will set me thinking. So I shall defer reading them until my present golden state of vacuity becomes quite intolerable, & then they will be a real pleasure to me.—
So pray believe me with many thanks | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Fiske, John. 1879. Darwinism and other essays. London and New York: Macmillan and Co.
Summary
Thanks for JF’s book [Darwinism and other essays (1879)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12183
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Fiske
- Sent from
- Coniston
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 8267)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12183,” accessed on 26 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12183.xml
