To J. W. Lubbock [December 1848–9]1
Wednesday
Dear Sir John.
I am much obliged for your note & kind permission to use the schoolroom.—2 I have appointed Mr. Nash3 to come next Wednesday.—
You say in your note you have sent me a drawing; I merely mention this in case of any accident to it, for I have received none.
Will you be so kind as to tell your son (in case my wife does not see Lady Lubbock, when she leaves this note) that I am anxious to hear about the microscope4 & if he would like half an hour’s talk, I hope & trust I shd. be able to see him tomorrow (Thursday) at 2 oclock or Friday at about same hour.— I was very sorry that he shd. have had the trouble of calling twice, but of late I have really been able to see nobody.—
I am much obliged for your kind invitation to meet Mr. Adams5 on Sunday, but as my man told you, I was very unwell that day.
Yours sincerely | C. Darwin To | Sir J. W. Lubbock Bart
Thank you, also, for your Paper on Meteors.—6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Lubbock, John William. 1848–9. On shooting stars. Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 3d ser. 32: 81-8, 170–2; 35: 356–7.
Moore, James Richard. 1985. Darwin of Down: the evolutionist as squarson-naturalist. In The Darwinian heritage, edited by David Kohn. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press in association with Nova Pacifica (Wellington, NZ).
Summary
Thanks JWL for the use of a schoolroom.
Arranges to meet JWL’s son [John] to discuss use of microscope.
Mentions illness.
Thanks JWL for his paper ["Shooting stars", London Edinburgh & Dublin Philos. Mag. 32 (1848): 81–8, 170–2; 35 (1849): 356–7].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1212
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John William Lubbock, 3d baronet
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.77)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1212,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1212.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4