To Henry Michael Jenkins [after 1 October 1868]1
Dear Sir
Your L. of Oct 1 for having been addressed to Q. Anne St. reached me only this morning.—2 You have from all that I have heard of you my sincere good wishes for your success in your present application;3 but on a little reflection you will see thatI could only say from my personal knowledge, (& I am bound) to keep to this) that you have in my opinion edited with care skill & success the Journal of the Geological Society. So bald a testimonial could do no good, & might very falsely appear as if I wished to do harm.— If you think fit I could send a few lines like to the above effect, but I cannot think that this wd be advisable.—
Dear Sir | &c &c
Footnotes
Summary
Feels there is little he could say as a testimonial for HMJ.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6402
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Michael Jenkins
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 96: 50
- Physical description
- ADraft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6402,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6402.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16