From H. W. Bates 11 January 1862
King St Leicester
11 Jany 1862
My Dear Sir
It grieves me very much to hear of your illness.1 I beg of you to throw my M.S. aside & not give a moment’s thought to the subject until you are perfectly restored.2
I go to town on Monday to spend a few days—to study at the B.M. and also to attend the Linn. Soc. meeting, where I shall exhibit the box of mimetic butterflies.3 I have arranged these in such a manner that any Naturalist may understand them
Yours sincerely | H W Bates
If you should wish to say anything whilst I am in town—a note will find me addressed to
John O’Groats hotel
Rupert Street
Haymarket
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bates, Henry Walter. 1863. The naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator, during eleven years of travel. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Summary
Grieved to hear of CD’s illness; begs him not to give moment’s thought to his MS until health has returned.
Plans to exhibit mimetic butterflies at Linnean Society.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3381
- From
- Henry Walter Bates
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Leicester
- Source of text
- DAR 160.1: 65
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3381,” accessed on 18 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3381.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10
