To G. H. Darwin 23 [August 1880]1
Down
23d.
My dear George
You are a dead hand at decyphering: will you try & make out something of enclosed letter.—2 Frank has utterly failed.3 The bothering man has sent me a German book on “The Bible & Science”.—4
I enjoyed my stay at Cambridge extremely—more than anything for a very long time.—5
Your affect Father | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The month and year are established by the mention of CD’s trip to Cambridge (see n. 5, below).
The letter has not been found; it was probably written in Kurrentschrift, a form of cursive writing that is the written counterpart of typefaces such as Fraktur. In the past CD had asked some of his German correspondents to write in ‘Italian character’ (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter to Wilhelm Pfeffer, 23 March 1879).
The German correspondent and the book have not been identified.
CD was in Cambridge from 14 to 19 August (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
Summary
Asks GHD to decipher a letter [in German] he has received with a book: The Bible in science.
Enjoyed his stay in Cambridge extremely.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12697
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 96
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12697,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12697.xml
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