My dear Mr. Murray
I return you my best thanks for the book,2 which I shall no doubt read with great interest—I have already dipped a little into it & have had occasion to admire the beauty and force of the author’s3 style.
With regard to Monte Rosa4 it shall all be laid before you in due time. I am preparing a work, the title of which is to be ‘The Glaciers,’5 and in which I purpose giving a clear exposition off all their phenomena. The book will also contain an account of the ascents that I have made and also a description & explanation of various interesting physical phenomena. Such descriptions will form breathing places—little islets thrown in amid the scientific flow of the work on which the general reader may find rest & refreshment. I am persuaded that such a work will be well received, at all events it is much needed, as no existing work at all comes up to our wants upon the subject.
I have no difficulty in finding a publisher for this book, but the publisher I should like would be yourself—For once in your hand I need not trouble myself further about it, feeling assured that you would do all things for the best.
Ever yours | J. Tyndall
Tyndall J | 1858.6
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[September]: the month is given by relation to letter 1530. This letter appears to have been written after Tyndall had returned from Switzerland to London in September 1858. Murray’s reply to letter 1530 is missing. Tyndall’s account of his solo ascent of Monte Rosa was published in The Times; see letter 1548.
the book: not identified.
the author’s: not identified.
Monte Rosa: see letter 1478, n. 22. Tyndall’s solo ascent of the Monte Rosa occurred on 17 August 1858. See Glaciers of the Alps, pp. 151–60, and n. 1 above.
preparing a work, the title of which is to be ‘The Glaciers’: Glaciers of the Alps.
Tyndall J | 1858.: written at the end of the letter, presumably by Murray.
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