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To G. B. Hill   1 July [1879]1

Down, Beckenham, Kent,

July 1st.

Dear Sir,—

I am much obliged to you for your kindness in writing to me. My notice of the life of my grandfather will be very short, and I doubt whether I shall go into such detail as to justify my using the little fact communicated by you.2

Yours faithfully & obliged, | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

1
The year is established by the reference to Erasmus Darwin, which was published in November 1879 (letter from Reginald Darwin, 12 November 1879).
2
Hill’s letter has not been found, but in his book Talks about autographs (G. B. Hill 1896, p. 58), Hill wrote that he had sent CD a passage copied from a book that mentioned a rose tree that grew against the wall of Erasmus Darwin’s house in Lichfield; Hill also printed CD’s reply.

Bibliography

Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.

Hill, George Birkbeck. 1896. Talks about autographs. London: T. Fisher Unwin.

Summary

Thanks GBNH for a fact about CD’s grandfather [Erasmus Darwin], but he will not be able to use it in his brief notice.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12131A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
George Birkbeck Norman (George) (Birkbeck) Hill
Sent from
Down
Source of text
G. B. Hill 1896, p. 58

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12131A,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12131A.xml

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