To Charles Lyell 25 December [1870]
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Dec. 25th
My dear Lyell
I am very much obliged for the new book, received yesterday.1 It seems wonderfully full of matter, & I shall soon look over all the parts likely to contain any new conclusions; but at present I can literally do nothing & think about nothing, except the sickening work of getting my last sheets corrected & recorrected for the press.—2 I have first proofs to correct of only one more short chapter, & then thank all the powers above & below, I shall be a man again & not a horrid grinding machine.— I wish you joy heartily that your labour is over.—
Ever yours. | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Lyell, Charles. 1871. The student’s elements of geology. London: J. Murray.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Summary
Thanks CL for his book [The student’s elements of geology (1871)].
Is correcting proofs [of Descent].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7401
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- DE 26 70
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.386)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7401,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7401.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
