From Thomas Henry Huxley 21 January 1870
26 Abbey Place
Jan 21. 1870
My dear Darwin
It is hard to resist an invitation of yours—but I dine out on Saturday;1 & next week three Evenings are abolished by Societies of one sort or another— And there is that horrid Geological address looming in the future—!2
I am afraid I must deny myself at present
I am glad you liked the sermon— Did you see the ‘Devonshire Mans’, attack in the Pall Mall?.
I have been wasting my time in polishing that worthy off— I would not have troubled myself about him, if it were not for the political bearing of the Celt question just now.—3
My wife4 sends her love to all your circle | Ever Yours | T. H. Huxley
Footnotes
Summary
Refers to "Devonshire Man"’s attack on him ["Professor Huxley’s last new theory", Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Jan 1870, p. 6]. His intention to answer – a waste, except for political bearing of Celt question ["Professor Huxley on Celts and Teutons", Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan 1870, p. 6].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7084
- From
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Abbey Place, 26
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 323
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7084,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7084.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18