To John Fiske 3 November [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov. 3d
My dear Sir
I am much obliged for your very kind letter.2 I am very glad of the nature of the work, on which you are employed.— I see so few people that I had not heard of your presence in London.—3 At the end of this week I shall be in London at my daughter’s house, & I will on the following week, propose your coming to luncheon, which is generally my best time, & I trust this may not be inconvenient to you.4
I did receive the Pop. Science Monthly & read your attack (& an attack it was with a vengeance, though properly admitting his great services) on Agassiz with great interest.5 I have not seen the N. American, & shall be very glad to see it, but I can order a copy for myself.6
Until we meet | yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
CD is glad to hear of nature of JF’s work;
proposes that JF call when CD comes to London.
Has read JF’s attack on Agassiz ["Agassiz and Darwinism"] in Popular Science Monthly [3 (1873): 692–705].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9127
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Fiske
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (FK 1110-1112)
- Physical description
- 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9127,” accessed on 19 February 2019, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-9127
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
