To G. R. Waterhouse [January–June 1850]
Down Farnborough Kent
My dear Waterhouse
Wednesday Evn
Will you be so kind as to take the trouble to send me the proper form for proposing a member (eldest son of Sir. J. Lubbock who some day will, I think, be a good & active Naturalist) for the Entomological Soc.1 will you at same time tell me terms of annual payment & as compounder; & oblige me by getting my Proposal seconded.
Will you be so kind as to send me Hodgsons Pamplet on Sheep2 to Athenæum Club— you have, I think, heretofore forgotten it.—
Lastly you told me you wd. look for chance of your having odd numbers of your Mammalia, of which I have 12, 13, 14 & 15, before I order the remainder of Bailliere.—3
I am most truly sorry that work has stopped—
Ever yours | C. Darwin
I hope the World goes well with you.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Collected papers: The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Waterhouse, George Robert. 1846–8. A natural history of the Mammalia. 2 vols. London: H. Baillière.
Summary
Wishes to propose John Lubbock as a member of the Entomological Society.
Asks for B. H. Hodgson’s pamphlet on sheep ["Tame sheep and goats", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16 (1847): 1003–26]. Asks for odd numbers of GRW’s work [A natural history of the Mammalia (1846–8)]. Regrets that this work has stopped.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1144
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Robert Waterhouse
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Archives DF PAL/100/6/6)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1144,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1144.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4
