From Emma Darwin to W. D. Whitney 9 May [1875]1
Down, Beckenham, Kent.
May 9.
Dear Sir,
Mr Darwin begs me to tell you how very sorry he is not to see you here today; the more so as he must give up the hope of doing so on either of the days you mention, when he has engagements which he cannot forego.2
The truth is that he ought to be away from home & taking rest; but he is nearly at the point of finishing his book on Insectivorous Plants & is unwilling to leave it unfinished.3 I may add that he was quite ill last night after the exertion of having some friends in the house.4
He trusts you will give him another chance when next you are in England, & he hopes that you will be here again after your stay abroad & that you will write to him—
My dear Sir | yours very truly | Emma Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
CD asks her to tell him how sorry he is not to be there to see Whitney today. He hopes that Whitney will give him another chance when next in England.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9974F
- From
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- To
- William Dwight Whitney
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney Family Papers (MS 555): Box 22, folder 600 1875 May 6-10)
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9974F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9974F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
