From Emma Darwin to Ernst Haeckel 22 September [1876]1
Down Beckenham
Sep. 22
Dear Professor Häckel
I am writing by my husband’s desire to say how very glad we shall be to see you on whatever day suits you best—2
If you are not able to spend the night here I would advise you to come by the 11·35 train from Charing Cross to Orpington which will bring you here in time for luncheon.3 If you can spare the time to sleep here I wd advise the 4·12 or 5·2 trains, by which means Mr Darwin wd be able to enjoy a conversation with you before dinner as well as after & see some thing of you the next morning. I hope you will let us know the day & hour that we may send to Orpington to meet you—
My husband begs me to tell you again what pleasure it will give him to see you—
very sincerely yours | Emma Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Krauße, Erika. 1987. Ernst Haeckel. 2d edition. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner.
Summary
Arranges for EH’s visit to Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10614
- From
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- To
- Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1:1-52/ 41 [9894])
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10614,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10614.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24