To John Murray 13 April [1871]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Ap 13th
My dear Sir
Many thanks for your suggestion, & I have written to Turin to enquire who is the translator.2 I have no idea who wrote the Times Review.3 He has no knowledge of science, & seems to me a windbag full of metaphysics & classics, so that I do not much regard his adverse judgment, though I suppose it will injure the sale. Should you ever hear who wrote it, be so kind as to inform me.
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Has no idea who wrote the Times review [of Descent]. Writer has no knowledge of science and "seems a windbag full of metaphysics & classics".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7680
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 220–1)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7680,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7680.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
