From W. E. Darwin 16 September 1880
Bank, Southampton,
Sept 16 1880
My dear Father,
I send you 4 wrist bands, one of a smaller size which if too small I can change.1
They say at the shop that if they are put on by putting the finger through the whole width, you avoid the nail splitting them up; but the advice does not seem worth much, as I fancy one cannot put them without taking hold of the edge.
1s/4 is the dim total.
I am glad to say George2 is uncommonly well, I have not seen him so brisk for years; he went a 12 mile ride yesterday on the pink mare. If you do want any Beaulieu worm castings I can easily get them.3 Please tell Mother that Lilly came all right last night & looks very well & happy, & was perfectly well all the passage; and poor Mlle. Wild the french Lady arrived this morning from Havre in an equinoctial gale.4 George is giving us a long visit, I am villain enough to think it is partly to air his French with Mademoiselle.
Sara is pretty well, but a little tired by the two arrivals.
Goodbye, dear Father, I hope Mother is well | Your affect son | W. E. Darwin
I have just been much amused at reading old Sedgwick’s ferocious letter about the “Vestiges” and the female author in M. Napier’s correspondence5
Footnotes
Bibliography
[Chambers, Robert.] 1844. Vestiges of the natural history of creation. London: John Churchill.
Napier, Macvey. 1879. Selections from the correspondence of the late Macvey Napier, Esq. edited by his son Macvey Napier. London: Macmillan and Co.
[Sedgwick, Adam.] 1845. Vestiges of the natural history of creation. Edinburgh Review 82: 1–85.
Summary
Sends four wrist bands, and advice on putting them on. George is well. Can easily get worm castings. Lilly and Mlle Wild arrived in a storm to stay the night. Is much amused by Sedgwick’s ferocious letter about Vestiges.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12714F
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Bank, Southampton
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 78)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12714F,” accessed on 11 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12714F.xml