To A. W. Merriam 13 April 1873
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
April 13th 73
Dear Sir
As I suppose that Comus & the newspaper were sent in good faith, I thank you for your kindness & for your letter.1 The abusive article in the newspaper amused me more than Comus: I cannot tell from the wonderful mistakes in the article, whether the writer is merely ignorant or blunders for the sake of fun.2
Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Tinker, Edward Laroque. 1953. Creole city: its past and its people. New York: Longmans, Green & Co.
Summary
Thanks AWM for "Comus" and an abusive New Orleans Mardi Gras newspaper editorial; he cannot tell from the "wonderful mistakes" whether the writer is "witty, ignorant, or blunders for the sake of fun".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8858F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Arthur Walter Merriam
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Tinker 1953, p. 331
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8858F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8858F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21