From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872]1
Royal Gardens Kew
Monday.
My dear Mrs Darwin
I feel quite sorry that I wrote, & troubled you to write. I am again entangled in a lot of work that will prevent my leaving home at present, & hence with great regret defer my visit to you.2
I am beginning to wish that Vesuvius was nearer at hand, to put an end to all our troubles in a dignified manner.3
My wife sends her love & thanks— she wants a change badly, but cannot get away yet. I had said nothing to Harriete.4
Most sincerely Yrs | J D Hooker
Footnotes
Summary
Work will prevent his visiting Down as he had planned.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8320
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 103: 111
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8320,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8320.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20