To William Lonsdale 14 April [1841]
12 Up. Gower St
April 14th
My dear Lonsdale
I send you the accompanying paper for the disposal of the Society.—1 It is not so long as it looks, from the largeness of copyist’s hand & width of lines.—
I have sent two or three foot notes on separate pages.—
I believe you look over Papers before they are read, so will be able to decide what maps are required to illustrate it.— I should think a rough outline in large of Eastern parts of Tierra del Fuego & Chiloe ?? would be advantageous— I send you two maps (for no old ones are accurate) which will you please take care of, when you have looked over my paper— I hope to improve the English, should it be ordered to be printed, & perhaps curtail it, but I thought I would give my facts in detail, as no boulders have been described in any part of S. Hemisphere.—
It has been the work of such hours, as I have been well enough during two last months!— Will you be so kind as to write me a line whenever it is to be read, as although I shall not be able to attend myself, I will get my cousin to be present to tell me whether there is any speaking on the subject.—
My dear Lonsdale | Most truly Your’s | C. Darwin Wednesday
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.
Summary
Sends paper on erratic boulders [Collected papers 1: 145–63] to the Society. Has taken two months to complete it because of illness.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-597
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Lonsdale
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/6/299)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 597,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-597.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2