To Hugo de Vries [10 or 11 August 1878]1
Leith Hill Place | Dorking
My dear Sir,
I am much pleased that you should think it worth while to see me.2 We leave this place early on Monday morning, but go to the house of another relation which is near a station & therefore more convenient to you. From being out of health, my drive will tire me on Monday; but Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, or even Friday will suit me, & I shall be extremely glad to make your personal acquaintance.3 Your best plan will be to leave Charing Cross at 11 am & you will reach Gomshall Station (the next one beyond Dorking) at 12.pm41, & a walk (or you can take a cab) will bring you to Abinger Hall in 20 minutes. You can return by the train that leaves Gomshall at 4.35. Will you kindly send me line at
T. H. Farrer Esq Abinger Hall Dorking
telling me the day, so that I may be at home on your arrival.
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Arranges for HdeV to call.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11643
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Hugo de Vries
- Sent from
- Leith Hill Place
- Source of text
- Artis Library (De Vries 4a)
- Physical description
- LS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11643,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11643.xml
