From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 11 November 1863
Kew
Nov 11/63.
My dear Mrs Darwin
Will you kindly te⟨ll⟩ me whether I ought ⟨to⟩ write to Mr Darwin whil⟨st⟩ he is so ill—promising th⟨at⟩ my letters require no answering—1 Do you know that it is such a real pleasure to me to write to him, that I feel it a positive privation not to—
I was very glad to get his letter,2 this morning, but he must not try to write to me.
Please tell him that I ⟨ha⟩ve prepared a mere notice of ⟨the⟩ introduced plants of ⟨New⟩ Zeald: from letters of Mr Travers, for Nat Hist Review—3 would he object to my adding Haast’s notes on the introduced Animals? I see Haast says that Mr Darwin may make “any use of his communications how & when you like.”4— I should also like to read the letter to the Phil. Club.5
My wife & 2 children are still in Norfolk, & will be till end of month.6 Willy has been scoured with oil & soft soap & sent to Hastings.7 My Mother still keeps her bed, but is well recovering.8
With most sincere regards | Ever ty yrs | J D Hooker
Footnotes
Bibliography
Allan, Mea. 1967. The Hookers of Kew, 1785–1911. London: Michael Joseph.
Bonney, T. G. 1919. Annals of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society written from its minute books. London: Macmillan.
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
Summary
Asks whether he ought to write to CD while he is ill.
Wonders if he might use Haast’s notes on introduced animals for a notice he is preparing ["Note on the replacement of species in the colonies and elsewhere", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 4 (1864): 123–7].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4339
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 101: 171–2
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4339,” accessed on 17 August 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4339.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11