To John Lubbock 5 April [1863]1
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April 5th
My dear Lubbock
You were so kind as to send to enquire after me the other day. I am better; a touch of that abominable yet blessed eczema did me as much good as a fit of gout. Whether my skin will allow me to try water-cure, I doubt; anyhow we shall not move till about the beginning of May.—2 Could you come over here some day for a short talk; not that it is worth your while unless you could also take in High-Elms.—3 This present week would not be quite so good, as our house is full of Boys & Relations.—4 But whenever you can spare time & are so inclined, it will give me, as you know, real pleasure to see you.—
The last number of N. H. Review seems to me very good in many ways.—5 I like particularly your Review of Lyell & agree to all you say.—6 Whether Lyell will like it quite so much, especially about the B. of Oxford, may well be doubted.7 But nothing you say can annoy him much; & it is all just. Your kick at Dr Cummings made me laugh.—8 You are never weary of heaping honour on me.—9
Farewell & good night | Most truly yours | C. Darwin
I suppose you read that wonderful Review in Athenæum on Carpenter, which I almost suspected & which Hooker tells me is by Owen.—10 What will the B. of Oxford say of slime &c generating new animals!—11 I sometimes think Owen must be demented
Footnotes
Bibliography
Carpenter, William Benjamin. 1862. Introduction to the study of the Foraminifera. Assisted by W. K. Parker and T. R. Jones. London: Ray Society.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Cumming, John. 1863. Moses right, and Bishop Colenso wrong; being popular lectures in reply to the first and second parts of "Bishop Colenso on the Pentateuch". London: John F. Shaw.
Hutchinson, Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
[Wilberforce, Samuel.] 1860. [Review of Origin.] Quarterly Review 108: 225–64.
Summary
JL’s review of Lyell’s Antiquity of man (1863) [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 211–19].
Owen’s review of W. B. Carpenter in Athenæum [28 Mar 1863, pp. 417–19].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4075
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 263: 57
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4075,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4075.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11