To H. W. Bates 6 February 1874
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Feb 6 1874
My dear Bates
Will you be so kind as to send me, addressed “to Orpington Station Kent S.E.R.”, the following books which I find in your catalogue.1
“Jarves. Hist. of the Sandwich I’s”2
“Ellis Narrative, with remarks on S.I.”3
(N.B. please to observe whether S.I. means Sandwich I.s, for Polynesian researches are here entered on yr catalogue by mistake)4
“Simpson— The Sandwich I.s” | } |
& Progress of events”. )5 | |
“Cheever— Life in the Sandwich I.s”6 | |
“Hill— Travels to the S.I.”7 |
This makes 5 books, & I do not know whether you can stretch your power so as to lend me so many; but do if you can, & they shall be returned soon—
yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
I want to hunt for history of Infanticide in Sandwich Isls. & for population returns.— I have now met with those quoted, but I want the originals.—
P.S. Do I not owe the Society the price of the Classed Catalogue of Books?—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cheever, Henry T. 1851. Life in the Sandwich Islands: or, the heart of the Pacific, as it was and is. London: Richard Bentley.
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Ellis, William. 1826. Narrative of a tour through Hawaii, or, Owhyhee; with remarks on the history, traditions, manners, customs, and language of the inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands. London: the author.
Ellis, William. 1853. Polynesian researches during a residence of nearly eight years in the Society and Sandwich Islands. New edition. 4 vols. London: Henry G. Bohn.
Evans, Godfrey M. 1871. Classified catalogue of the library of the Royal Geographical Society, to December, 1870. London: John Murray.
Hill, S. S. 1856. Travels in the Sandwich and Society Islands. London: Chapman and Hall.
Jarves, James Jackson. 1843. History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands: embracing their antiquities, mythology, legends, discovery by Europeans in the sixteenth century, re-discovery by Cook, with their civil, religious and political history from the earliest traditionary period to the present day. London: Edward Moxon.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Simpson, Alexander. 1843. The Sandwich Islands: progress of events since their discovery by Captain Cook. Their occupation by Lord George Paulet. Their value and importance. London: Smith, Elder and Co.
Summary
Orders five works on the Sandwich Islands from the Royal Geographical Society Library for his investigation of infanticide and population trends there.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9267
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Walter Bates
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Geographical Society
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9267,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9267.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22