From J. D. Hooker 14 November 1876
Royal Gardens Kew
Nov 14/76
Dear Old Darwin
I have just received Ed 2 of Geological Observations, which I shall keep on my table till I can read them. How well I remember the intense pleasure I took in the first Edn.—1 Many thanks. We go to the Lubbocks’ on the 25th. I have never staid at High Elms, often as I have been asked; & ungracious as it seems, I do not care to go except for the chance of finding you at home on Sunday.2
We have just returned from 3 pleasant days of rain at the Allman’s which I utilized in getting on with my Anniversary address which will be taken up with the Challenger, the Meterological Committee; the Jodrell donation—the new Govt. grant, & a lot of such things—3 I have a few reflections in fossil Botany, but shall not have room for them I expect: I have looked through the Anniversary addresses of my predecessors & find them a poor lot—neither Science nor business, mine are the latter at any rate.
What a glorification of these arctic neophytes!— Shades of Ross, Pary, Franklin, Richardson, &c. &c.— I think they must stir in their graves—4 Adl. Sullivan & his wife dined with us at Allman’s yesterday, he looks quite young,! neither hair nor beard grey! he does not look a year over 50.5 it is marvellous. Mrs S. looks more than old-aged— he was most pleasant, his memory is wonderful, & his conversation delightful— not quite so impetuous as of yore.
I am over head & ears in work, & in despair altogether
How is Frank?6
Ever yr affec | J D Hooker
Footnotes
Bibliography
Geological observations 2d ed.: Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1876.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
South America: Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846.
Volcanic islands: Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844.
Summary
JDH prepares Anniversary Address to the Royal Society [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (1876): 339–62].
Return of Challenger.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10671
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 104: 69–70
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10671,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10671.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24