From G. G. Stokes 14 April 1876
Lensfield Cottage Cambridge
14th April 1876
My dear Sir
As the anatomical print at any rate of Mr Lawson Tait’s paper on the pitcher plant appeared to competent judges to be of little value, the Committee Members were consulted as to the expediency of receiving the paper for reading. They took the opinions of persons well qualified to judge of the different parts, and came to the conclusion that it was best not to receive the paper for reading; and they have accordingly directed it to be returned to you as having communicated it.1
I trust you will not suppose that the Committee were insensible of the great value of your own opinion in such a matter; but it seemed to be supposed that you communicated the paper rather because, deeming it presentable, you wished the author to have his say, than because you had yourself a decided opinion as to the value of the paper.
You may not get the paper for 2 or 3 days, as there is a short holiday at the R.S. till Tuesday.
I am dear Sir | Yours sincerely | G. G. Stokes | Sec. R.S.
Chas. Darwin Esq F.R.S. | &c
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Tait, Lawson. 1879. Researches on the digestive principles of plants. [Read 22 May 1879.] Proceedings of the Birmingham Philosophical Society 1 (1876–9) pt 2: 125–39.
Summary
The Royal Society have not accepted R. L. Tait’s paper on insectivorous plants; it will be returned to CD, who submitted it.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10452
- From
- George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 92–3
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp & ACC 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10452,” accessed on 11 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10452.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24