To H. E. Litchfield 27 [March 1874]1
27.
My dearest Etty,
I feel quite guilty when I think of the labour which I cost you— Your criticisms are excellent & prove how thoroughly you do the work. The whole is atrociously written & I am in despair.2 The Printers think Revises necessary & Mamma will do them Ellen Tollet looked over the first sheet & declares that it is perfectly clear—3 You ought to have the maps & I will today write to Hooker to ask him to lend you his copy.—4
I send today 5 when we meet I should much like to hear all you think— There is such an eulogium of me, that I almost doubt whether I ought to distribute copies; but I think that I shall swallow modesty.6 I have as yet read only a part as my head is very pulpy
Goodbye, | C. D.
P.S. Your scrap just received. I mean to have very complete Headings.— You had better leave them for me. It is good to have the Chapt in
Footnotes
Bibliography
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood. 1874. Darwin’s theory of conscience: its relation to scientific ethics. Index, 12 March 1874, 122–5.
Coral reefs 2d ed.: The structure and distribution of coral reefs. By Charles Darwin. Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874.
Summary
Thanks her for her excellent criticisms and corrections [for 2d ed. of Coral reefs?].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9325
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 85
- Physical description
- C 1p
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9325,” accessed on 6 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9325.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22