From W. D. Fox [16–22 May 1863]1
My dear Darwin
About two months since you wrote me you were suffering much—2 I hope you are now quite yourself again. Do you ever see “the illustrated Times Newspaper”. I was much amused by that of May 2–9–16 containing a quizz upon you, which I yesterday met with at my Neighbours.3 If you have not seen this additional proof of Natural developement, I will send the papers to you. They will give you ten minutes amusement.
I hear Dr Gullys brain has quite broken down and disabled him from work.4 He told me when I last saw him that it must do so soon.
He will be a great loss to a vast number of people. There is no one at Malvern fit to take up his place I fear. Do you ever see Dr Lane now? I think I saw an advertisement that he was practising near Kew— am I right.5
With kindest regards to Mrs Darwin6 | Ever your aff Cousin | W D Fox
Footnotes
Bibliography
Browne, Janet. 1990. Spas and sensibilities: Darwin at Malvern. In The medical history of waters and spas, edited by Roy S. Porter. Medical History, supp. 10. London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.
Colp, Ralph, Jr. 1977. To be an invalid: the illness of Charles Darwin. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
A "quiz" on CD has appeared in the Illustrated Times [2 May 1863, p. 317].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4178
- From
- William Darwin Fox
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 175
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4178,” accessed on 8 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4178.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11