From W. W. Reade 29 August 1873
171 Stanhope St. | Euston Road | N.W.
Aug. 29. ’73
My dear Sir
My eyes got wrong in Egypt (it was the opthalmic season) & I thought it best to come back: they are all right now, however—1 I read with great pleasure the other day Mr. G. Darwin’s article on marriage.2 Hoping that the warm weather has been favourable to you | I remain | Yours very truly | Winwood Reade
Footnotes
Eye diseases were prevalent during the summer months (May to October) in Egypt. Reade had left for Egypt at the end of June (see letter from W. W. Reade, 26 June 1873).
Reade refers to George Howard Darwin’s article ‘On beneficial restrictions to liberty of marriage’, which appeared in the August issue of the Contemporary Review (G. Darwin 1873b).
Summary
Has returned from Egypt because of trouble with his eyes.
Has read George Darwin’s article on consanguineous marriage.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9033
- From
- William Winwood Reade
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Stanhope St, 171
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 69
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9033,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9033.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
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