From J. T. Knowles 9 February 1875
from | The Hollies | Clapham Common | S.W
Feby 9th. 1875
My Dear Sir/
I lose no time in assuring you that we shall be delighted to reserve space in the April rev: of the “Contemporary Review” for Prof: Whitney’s article (on the terms mentioned so kindly in his letter)—.1 Perhaps you will be so kind as to suggest to him that we should be glad to put as much as 20 pages at his disposal & would prefer a substantive paper of some such extent to the brief essay he seems to contemplate—if it would be agreeable to himself to let us have his longer article.2
I need hardly say that should you yourself be at all persuadable to write a few introductory pages—or even paragraphs—we shall feel as much honoured by them as Prof: Whitney would be benefitted—3
I am my dear Sir | Yours sincerely & | respectfully | James Knowles
To/ Charles Darwin Esq—
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Max Müller, Friedrich. 1875. My reply to Mr. Darwin. Contemporary Review 25 (1874–5): 305–26.
Whitney, William Dwight. 1875. Are languages institutions? Contemporary Review 25 (1874–5): 713–32.
Summary
Assures CD that space will be reserved in the April Contemporary Review for W. D. Whitney’s article and solicits an introductory section from C.D.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9848F
- From
- James Thomas Knowles
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- The Hollies, Clapham Common
- Source of text
- Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney family papers (MS 555) Box 22, folder 584 1875 Feb. 8-11)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9848F,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9848F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23