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Darwin Correspondence Project

To T. H. Huxley   [1860–70?]

6. Q. A. St.

Wednesday

My dear Huxley

I must thank you for the extremely pleasant evening you gave Frank; but pleasant is not the right word, delightful, most delightful, was the mildest of a crowd of epithets, which came bubbling out of his mouth in inextricable confusion—

Ever yours | C. Darwin

Summary

Thanks THH for the delightful evening he gave Frank [Darwin].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13817
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Thomas Henry Huxley
Sent from
London, Queen Anne St, 6
Source of text
Janet Huxley (private collection)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13817,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13817.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)

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