From J. D. Hooker 26 April 1876
Royal Gardens Kew
April 26/76
Dear Darwin
I send “Volc. Islands” & “Geology” by carrier herewith to “work your wicked will” with,1 and would go & see you if I had time. I may tomorrow—2 I leave for Boulogne on Friday morning—as I have been but so-so for the last week
I am indeed glad to hear that Henrietta is better.3
Ever aff yrs | Jos D Hooker.
I am very glad that I had the books—& shall prize the new Edition with thanks.4
The Bakerian Lecture comes off on Thursday at Royal at 8. “Andrews on compression of Gasses” &c. or some such subject.5
Footnotes
Bibliography
Andrews, Thomas. 1876. The Bakerian lecture: On the gaseous state of matter. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 166: 421–49.
Dryden, John. 1874. The poetical works of John Dryden, edited with a memoir, revised text, and notes by W. D. Christie. New edition. London: Macmillan.
South America: Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846.
Volcanic islands: Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844.
Summary
Forwards copies of CD’s geology books.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10476
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 104: 56
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10476,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10476.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24