To J. D. Hooker 19 June [1875]1
Abinger Hall | Wotton, Surrey | (Gomshall Station for Rail)
June 19th
My dear Hooker
I heard from Henrietta that she saw you at the Coll: of Surgeons & that you seemed pretty well.—2 Farrer has most kindly lent us this house for a month & I write now to know whether there is any chance that you would come here (& please bring Harriet, if she is inclined to come.)3 on Saturday 26th for the Sunday. You know how we shd. rejoice to see you both if you can come.
I was very much worn out by correcting “Insectivorous plants”, & so came here for rest.—
I have now done with the book, & I suppose copies will be bound in a week or two, & of course you will receive one.—4
I am so sick of the accursed subject, that I daresay if I look at my book in half-a-year’s time I shall read it with speechless admiration!
Yours ever affectionately | Ch. Darwin
I daresay you have heard that poor Effie (Mrs. Farrer)5 is much out of health & has gone to German Baths.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Has come to Abinger Hall for a rest after Insectivorous plants, soon to appear. Is sick of the accursed subject.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10024
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Abinger Hall
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 386–7
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10024,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10024.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23