To Maria Hooker 31 August [1850]
Down Farnborough Kent
Aug 31.
Dear Lady Hooker
I am truly sorry to hear of Sir William’s illness1 & sincerely hope he may soon recover his strength: pray give him my kind regards & thanks for the enclosed note & extract.— I had never even heard of Mr. Hodgson’s Physico=geographical memoir:2 if a copy has ever come for me, it may be lying at some of the Societies, in which case I shall probably soon receive it.— Whenever I read it, should I have anything to remark, I will assuredly write direct to Mr. Hodgson.—
I am delighted to hear that your son is enjoying the grand Sylhet mountains.—3
Pray believe me. | Yours sincerely obliged | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Allan, Mea. 1967. The Hookers of Kew, 1785–1911. London: Michael Joseph.
Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1849. On the physical geography of the Himálaya. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18: 761-88.
Summary
Expresses sympathy to MSH on W. J. Hooker’s illness.
Will send his comments on Hodgson’s physico-geographical memoir ["On the physical geography of the Himalayas", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 18 (1849): 761–88] directly to him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1349
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Maria Sarah (Maria) Turner/Maria Sarah (Maria) Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.95)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1349,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1349.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4
