From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875]1
Pantludw | Machynlleth
Sat. May 1
My dear Father
The proofs arrived all safe this morning & I have been correcting some.2 I havn’t calculated the mg thing but will.3 I am very sory it is such worrying work for you I hope you will go & rest— Many thanks for the solemn advice about 10 days—4
Sunday
It was no use sending off this yesterday—I got a lot more safe this morning, & shall send off the ones I have done this afternoon if I find I can register them.
The following remarks are to Mother
Amy is delighted at the azaleas & we should like anything certainly the plumbagos & especially a few cyclamens: if there isnt room a few things cant hurt our vines—5 I am off to see about the registering
Lovely day—Amy sends her love
Your affec son
F. D.6
The proofmaniac
There is a book these folks like v much called “Six Months in the Sandwich Islands by Isabella Bird.7
The mg paper pinned to first page8
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bird, Isabella Lucy. 1875. The Hawaiian archipelago: six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. London: John Murray.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.
Summary
Proofs arrived and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. The Ruck family very much like Isabella Bird’s Six months in the Sandwich Islands.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9961F
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Pantludw
- Source of text
- DAR 274.1: 31
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9961F,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9961F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23