My Dear Mr Tyndall,
I beg leave to introduce to you my Friend the Rev[eren]d Mr. Blaikie1 the Editor of the North British Review,2 who is very anxious to have an article from your pen for that Journal.
I beg to thank you for the copy of your charming work on Glaciers3 which you were so good as to send me. An article on that subject by yourself or any of your friends,4 and founded on your own views would I am sure be acceptable.
I am | My Dear Mr Tyndall | Ever most truly yours | D Brewster
Duncliffe | Edinburgh | Feb[ruar]y. 7th 1861
RI MS JT/1/B/130
RI MS JT/1/TYP/1/161
Rev[eren]d Mr. Blaikie: William Garden Blaikie (1820–99), editor of the North British Review from 1860–3.
North British Review: A Scottish periodical founded in 1844 and published until 1871.
your charming work on Glaciers: Glaciers of the Alps, see also letter 1595, n. 4.
An article on that subject by yourself or any of your friends: no such article has been identified.
Please cite as “Tyndall1766,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on