To Francis Darwin [before 25 February 1879]1
I cannot find (& want much) the tool with hollow handle full of bradalls & other tools.— My old finely pointed pincers for dissection have also disappeared.— Nor can I find your fine pincers— Can you tell me where to look— I have searched your table in vain.2 C. D.
I do hope my dear old fellow that you will soon feel good effects from so complete a change.— Bernard gets more charming every day—3 Love to old George. Tell him I am awfully perplexed how big a sum to subscribe to Clifford.— They have put me on the Committee, which is already gigantic.4
C. D.—
Footnotes
Summary
CD cannot find his pincers and other tools for microscopical dissection. Does FD know where he should look?
Hopes FD will feel better after "so complete a change" [trip to North Africa].
Sends his love to George.
Bernard gets more charming every day.
CD has been put on a committee for a memorial fund for W. K. Clifford.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11883A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Source of text
- DAR 271.4: 12
- Physical description
- ALS 1p inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11883A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11883A.xml
