From G. H. Darwin [30 November 1879]1
6 Qu: Ann St
Sunday
My dear Father
Uncle Ras2 suggests that you ought to give a copy of Eras. D. to Hy. Parker.3 If you do so he thinks it will be best to send the copy here & write a letter to H. P. at the Oxf. & Camb. Club Pall Mall to tell him that the book is here.4
I shall see you on Wedn. as I sha’nt go back to Camb. till evening5 | G H Darwin
Footnotes
The date is established by the reference to Erasmus Darwin and by the date of CD’s visit to London (see n. 5, below). In 1879, the Sunday preceding 3 December was 30 November.
Erasmus Darwin was published in early November 1879. Henry Parker was CD’s nephew.
The Oxford and Cambridge University Club, 71–6 Pall Mall, London (Post Office London directory 1879). No letter from CD to Parker has been found.
CD and Emma Darwin went to stay at Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house in London on Wednesday, 3 December 1879 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
Bibliography
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Summary
Erasmus thinks CD should give a copy of Erasmus Darwin to Henry Parker.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12240
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- DAR 210.2: 81
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12240,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12240.xml
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