To O. C. Marsh 2 July 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 2d. 1878
My dear Sir
It will give me very great pleasure to see you here; but I am bound to add that the state of my health does not allow me to converse with anyone for a long time.—1
I do not know whether it will suit you best to come here for dinner & sleep, returning next morning, or to come here merely to lunch at 1o o clock. A train leaves Charing Cross at 11o 15′, reaching Orpington Stn (4 miles from my house) at 12o 4′, & you can get a Fly there. You could return by the train which leaves Orpington at 2o 50′, & this wd allow you to stay here about 1 hour. If you come to dinner & sleep, I wd suggest Friday, as Mr McLennan, a remarkable man, the author of Primitive Marriage will be here, & you might possibly like to meet him.—2 Perhaps you will be so good as to let me hear what you decide & I remain | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
McLennan, John Ferguson. 1865. Primitive marriage: an inquiry into the origin of the form of capture in marriage ceremonies. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black.
Summary
Will be glad to see OCM at Down. If he comes Friday, he will meet J. F. McLennan, author of Primitive marriage, a "remarkable man".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11584
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Othniel Charles Marsh
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (O. C. Marsh Papers (MS 343) Series 1, Box 8, folder 327)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11584,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11584.xml