To Reginald Darwin 8 July 1879
Down,
July 8th., 1879.
My dear Cousin
I have kept all your Books &c. longer than I had intended, as I wished to correct the first proofs before returning them.1 This is now done and all your property dispatched to-day to R. Station. I ought to pay carriage, but this is impossible from our little Station, except to London. Very many thanks for all your kind assistance. Pray send me a P. O. card to say that parcel safely received.2
My little book will not be published, I suppose, till November, when of course a copy will be sent to you.3 I fear that you will be much disappointed with it. I am so in reading over the proofs and thought that I had made it a little more interesting than it is; but I have done my best and no man can do more.
Believe me, my dear Cousin | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Hill, Cuthbert William. 2007. Picture postcards. 2d edition. Princes Risborough, Bucks.: Shire Publications.
Summary
CD has corrected the first proofs [of Erasmus Darwin] and so returns RD’s books. CD is disappointed with his work and fears RD will be also.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12139
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Reginald Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 102
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12139,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12139.xml
