GHL to Charles Robert Darwin, London, [17 November 1868]
Title
GHL to Charles Robert Darwin, London, [17 November 1868]
Title
GHL to Charles Robert Darwin, London, [17 November 1868]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Charles Robert Darwin
Date(s)
- 1868-11-17
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Charles Robert Darwin, London, [17 November 1868]
MS: Cambridge University Library.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Tuesday.
Dear Mr. Darwin
I wish very much to belong to the [Linnaean Society] for the sake of its Library; and under the august shadow of your name I should perhaps not be objected to. If you have no objection to propose me, Busk offers to second the proposal.
My disreputable German was better than I feared and not only has he failed to [shoot my duck] he has failed even to see it flying; so I am at ease on that score, and the labor of years is not yet proved to have been misdirected.
By the way, do you think Sir Charles Lyell would mind setting forth his objections to my papers in the shape of Notes? When I recast the papers into a book I should be glad to have everything that tells against them distinctly before me. That indeed was one of my objects in publishing the papers which were only intended as a sort of nucleus for the future book.
You made Mrs. Lewes and myself very happy by your visit 825 and we only hope your head was none the worse for it. Believe me,
Faithfully yours
G. H. Lewes.
MS: Cambridge University Library.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Tuesday.
Dear Mr. Darwin
I wish very much to belong to the [Linnaean Society] for the sake of its Library; and under the august shadow of your name I should perhaps not be objected to. If you have no objection to propose me, Busk offers to second the proposal.
My disreputable German was better than I feared and not only has he failed to [shoot my duck] he has failed even to see it flying; so I am at ease on that score, and the labor of years is not yet proved to have been misdirected.
By the way, do you think Sir Charles Lyell would mind setting forth his objections to my papers in the shape of Notes? When I recast the papers into a book I should be glad to have everything that tells against them distinctly before me. That indeed was one of my objects in publishing the papers which were only intended as a sort of nucleus for the future book.
You made Mrs. Lewes and myself very happy by your visit 825 and we only hope your head was none the worse for it. Believe me,
Faithfully yours
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Charles Robert Darwin, London, [17 November 1868], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/94482