To Leonard Darwin 12 August 1879
Coniston
Aug 12th.
My dear L
I do hope you will be able to come here1 The place is most beautiful and the inn very comfortable, but there are too many human beings for my taste
Ever dear old Lenny | Yours affec | C Darwin
Footnotes
CD was on a family holiday in the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)), staying at the Waterhead Hotel, Coniston.
Summary
Coniston is most beautiful, but CD finds "there are too many human beings for my taste".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12191
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Leonard Darwin
- Sent from
- Coniston
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 94
- Physical description
- C 1p inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12191,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12191.xml
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