26th Dec | The Athenaeum
My dear Francis
In order to be early at Red Lion Court1 this morning I quitted my house before the post arrived. The consequence is that I did not get your queries until after 2. P.M. I immediately drove down to Red Lion Court; but found all locked up.
Your queries are I think judicious,2 and I have so modified the parts referred to, that I think they will now pass muster.
I will call down tomorrow morning to see whether there is any thing else that strikes you as desirable to modify.
When I think of the splendid work which I might be now getting done, it makes my heart ache to have to waste my time in replying to Dr. Akin.3 It might shorten matters if proofs were demanded for statements of a personal bearing. I had to stop my correspondence with Akin because it simply descended to an undignified series of assertions on his part and of denials upon mine.
Yours ever | John Tyndall
St Bride Library, Authors’ letters
Red Lion Court: Historic building in London, long-time home to printers, at this time it was the offices of Taylor & Francis publishing house.
Your queries are I think judicious: Tyndall had written asking if it was possible to alter the text of an article he had submitted for press. As Francis here suggests, these alterations were made. See letter 2198, especially note 3.
Dr. Akin: The reference is to the protracted dispute that Tyndall had with C.K. Akin. See introductory essay for further commentary and context. See also letters 1925, 2075, 2076, 2079, 2114, 2162, 2167, 2168, 2170, 2173, 2182, 2183, 2190, 2197, 2198, 2204, 2208, and 2214.
Please cite as “Tyndall2201,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on