To F. H. Hooker 3 April [1873]
16. Montague St
April 3d
My dear Mrs. Hooker
I thank you & Dr. Hooker cordially for your splendid present, which I am very glad to possess.1 But it is really too generous of you both. I had no idea how grand a work it was, & with such a profusion of illustrations. It must have cost you a surprising amount of labour, & you must be rejoiced that your voluntary task is over.
Pray believe me, my dear Mrs Hooker with sincere thanks | Yours very truly | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Le Maout, Emmanuel and Decaisne, Joseph. 1873. A general system of botany, descriptive and analytical. 2 pts in 1 vol. Translated by Frances Harriet Hooker and edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
Summary
Thanks for present of
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8839F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Frances Harriet Henslow/Frances Harriet Hooker
- Sent from
- 16 Montague Street
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 309)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8839F,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30 (Supplement)
