To J. D. Hooker 17 [August 1868]
Freshwater
17th
My dear Hooker
It has occurred to me that you might write here, so I send a line to say that we return to Down on Thursday next.—
We did all so thoroughily enjoy your visit here. Mrs. Cameron has been jollier & kinder than ever, & she seemed so pleased when I told her that you had been pleased with her.— Your Photograph looks grand.—1
I have just heard that Prof. Victor Carus will be at Norwich.— He translated 2d. edit of Origin & my last book.— When you speak & puff the foreign edit. of Origin, would it do to say that they were were translated by two distinguished naturalists, by Prof. Bronn & Victor Carus.—2
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1868. Address of the president. Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Norwich, pp. lviii–lxxv.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Enjoyed JDH’s visit.
Mrs Cameron’s photograph of JDH is grand.
Has heard J. V. Carus will be at Norwich. Suggests JDH mention that Origin was translated by two distinguished naturalists, H. G. Bronn and Carus.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6321
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Freshwater
- Source of text
- DAR 94: 83–4
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6321,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6321.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
