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To Henry Johnson   7 February 1882

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Feb 7 1882

Dear Sir

I am pleased to hear that my book on earth-worms has interested you; and I thank you for your very kind offer of the slab of sandstone with annelid tracks.1 Will you be so good as to address it as follows:—

C. Darwin

Orpington Station

S. E Ry

With respect to the lecture I live so retired a life that I cannot advise you. But if you think fit you can write to Prof Judd FRS (whom I look at as the most able of living geologists) and using my name ask for advice.2 I do not suppose that he has time to lecture himself, but I am not sure of this, and he could advise you. His address is School of Science, S. Kensington

Again thanking you I remain dear Sir, yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

LS

1
See letter from Henry Johnson, 6 February 1882. Johnson had just read Earthworms.
2
John Wesley Judd was professor of geology at the Royal School of Mines (ODNB). Johnson had asked CD to recommend someone who could speak to the Dudley Institute of Mining Engineers (letter from Henry Johnson, 6 February 1882).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13668,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13668