From James Anderson [after 24 February 1871?]1
36 Alfred Street | Bedford Square
Monday morning.
dear Sir
I know that your recent work is receiving the best attention of Sir Henry Holland, & I now have the honor & pleasure of enclosing two volumes for your consideration & acceptance, which I know will interest an author, possessed of such originality of thought & industry in Science as yourself.2
The two volumes now enclosed are devoted—the one to animals, & the other to Human Beings:—but two more are to follow, detailing the chemical, medical & general treatment of Industrial Insects (including of course, the silk worm) & extending to the entire circle of the vegetable Kingdom.—3
The theory & practice, modified according to special objects & attendant circumstances—applies to the entire circle of animated nature & has been found to operate successfully in preserving the whole in a state of health & vigour on every occasion & in every instance, where the instructions have been carried out to the letter—provided prolonged neglect of the means may not have resulted in such advanced & irremediable decay & exhaustion as to render any attempt at preventative or curative treatment utterly hopeless—
Your present correspondent was the friend of the late John Waller & Times Contributor;—the friend also of the late Lord Campbell, Lord Brougham &. &. &.4 & contributor to many Journals &. &. &. at home & on the continents of Europe & America;—not to talk of authorship.
When the remaining two volumes are published, they shall be sent to you.—
I trust to hear you have received those now sent in safety.—
I have the honor & pleasure to be | dear Sir | Your very faithful & most obedt. & humble servant | James Anderson.—
To | Professor EA. Darwin &.&.&. | 6 Queen Anne St. | W.5
I have aided my friend Mr. Hibbert in the preparation of the four volumes.— | JA.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
Sends two books detailing a new medical method that will produce "a state of health & vigour on every occasion & in every instance" and is applicable to "the entire circle of animated nature" [William Hibbert, Important discovery. Hibbert’s new theory and practice of medicine (1870) and The new theory and practice of medicine (1870)]. The volumes apply to animals and man. Subsequent books will detail the method for insects and plants.
[Letter erroneously addressed to E. A. Darwin, and forwarded by EAD to CD.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7407
- From
- James Anderson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Alfred St, 36
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 72
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7407,” accessed on 14 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7407.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19