To G. C. Robertson 19 February [1875]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Feb 19.
Dear Sir
I did receive the circular but had no idea that it came from you.2 The plan of the new Journal seems excellent, & I hope it may be successful. I have so much work in Nat: History half-completed & which I desire to finish, that I am sorry to say I have resolved not to turn to any other subject, so that it is extremely improbable that I can ever be a contributer to your Journal.3
Believe me dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Biographical sketch of an infant’: A biographical sketch of an infant. By Charles Darwin. Mind 2 (1877): 285–94. [Shorter publications, pp. 409–16.]
Summary
The plan of the new journal [Mind] seems excellent. CD regrets that he has so much work to do in natural history that it is improbable he can be a contributor.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9863
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Croom Robertson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Croom Robertson: MS ADD 88/9–15/11)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9863,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9863.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
