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To J. T. Knowles   5 August 1874

Bassett Southampton

Aug—5 1874

Dear Sir

I thank you for your extremely kind note.1 I had only a very faint hope of success, & your reasons are conclusive. I have come here for rest, of which I stand much in need, & dare not undertake any new work. I am also at all times very unwilling to enter on any controversy. Nevertheless I thank you cordially for your offer, which tempts me much, as I have long considered the Contemporary as the highest of our English periodicals.2

Dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
Knowles had explained that he was unable to reprint an article from the North American Review in the Contemporary Review, of which he was the editor (letter from J. T. Knowles, 4 August 1874).
2
Knowles had asked CD to consider writing for the Contemporary Review (letter from J. T. Knowles, 4 August 1874).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9584,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9584