To J. D. Hague 3 April [1873]1
Down, Beckenham, Kent [16 Montague Street, London]
April 3rd
My dear Sir
I thank you for your very kind note and for the account of the ants.2 The case is quite new to me and very interesting. I hope much that I have not done wrong, but I have sent your clear account to “Nature”, our best scientific periodical, as I thought it would be a great pity for no one except myself to read it.3 Of course I do not know whether it will be inserted, as that will partly depend on how much matter is received; but I expect to see it printed. Anyhow I shall not forget the curious case. My sons often speak with great pleasure of the kindness which they received from you and others, and of their extreme enjoyment in seeing your wonderful country.4 The eldest of the two is now in France and is very much out of health.5
With my best thanks and cordial remembrance6 I remain | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Hague, James Duncan. 1884. A reminiscence of Mr. Darwin. Harper’s Monthly Magazine 69: 759–63.
Summary
Has sent JDH’s letter to Nature ["Perception in ants", Nature 7 (1873): 443–4].
Sons recall kindness received from JDH and others in America.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8840
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Duncan Hague
- Sent from
- London, Montague St, 16 Down letterhead
- Source of text
- DAR 144: 394
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8840,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8840.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
