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To John Tyndall   25 April [1873]1

April 25—

Private

My dear Tyndall

Is not this a charming letter?2

Ought the circular & copy to be sent to Lady Millicent Jones? I shd. doubt it under present circumstance; but you will know by far best.— If it is sent perhaps it had better go to her last.3

I am so happy about the whole affair.

In Haste | Ever yours | C. Darwin

Poor dear Sir C. Lyell sent in this morning an additional 50£.4

1
The year is established by the reference to the circular sent regarding the subscription for Thomas Henry Huxley (see n. 2, below).
3
Millicent Bence Jones was the widow of Henry Bence Jones, a subscriber to the Huxley fund. Bence Jones had died on 20 April 1873 (ODNB).
4
See letter to Charles Lyell, [25 April 1873] and nn. 2 and 3, and Appendix V.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

2.00 by far] interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8877,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8877