From Ellen Frances Lubbock to H. E. Darwin [28 July? 1866]1
Dear Miss Darwin
I am so sorry you were prevented from coming on Friday, & also that we shall not have the pleasure of seeing Mr. Darwin today—2 Do you think, when he feels pretty well, he would be so kind as to write some thing like this on a piece of paper for me—
Please deliver to the bearer a copy of the new edition of the Origin of Species—, & sign it— The fact is, John has promised a copy to Philip Norman, & as he is going to India, directly, he wishes to take it with him—& he went the other day to Murray’s, but was refused a copy, as Mr. Murray did not know him personally, & thought Mr. Darwin would not like them to give him one before the work is published—3 But I do not think Mr. Darwin would mind, & if he will kindly scratch down the order, I will send it to Phil—
I am so sorry to trouble him—
With Kindest regards to you all, believe me yours affectly | El Lubbock
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
John Lubbock wants a copy of Origin (4th ed.) for Philip Norman.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5204
- From
- Ellen Frances Hordern/Ellen Frances Lubbock
- To
- Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 170: 11
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5204,” accessed on 13 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5204.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14