From E. A. Darwin 2 November [1877?]1
Nov 2
Dear Charles
I scarcely know if it is worth repeating but at the Club yesterday Mangles said “I got your Brothers autograph in a curious way today I was looking into Sprenger’s (?) Mosses & there was his letter pasted into it. I observed to the Librarian that if ever Sprenger should happen to see it it might have an awkward look as if you despised the book The Libr agreed & tore it out & I kept the auto:”2
Yours aff | EAD
Footnotes
Bibliography
Waugh, Francis Gledstanes. [1888.] Members of the Athenæum Club, 1824 to 1887. N.p.: privately printed.
Summary
A friend of EAD’s has removed a CD letter pasted into a book given by CD to a library, and kept it lest the author think CD did not like his book.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11223
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 105: B101
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11223,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11223.xml