[Excised fragment only.] "I am greedy for facts.—"
Showing 1–6 of 6 items
The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
[Excised fragment only.] "I am greedy for facts.—"
Asks correspondent if he would prefer the President’s signature alone or with those of other scientific men.
Is glad addressee’s lectures are going well.
Declines invitation to dine at Downing College because of influenza.
Seeks permission to make another visit to Addiscombe [Military College] to see again the model of St Helena. He needs to correct proportion of some geological sections in his Geology [see Volcanic islands, ch. 4].
A letter of reference for Syms Covington.