To J. D. Hooker [13 November 1863]
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My dear Hooker.
A letter from you is always one of my greatest pleasures.—1 I enclose Haast, which I did not suppose you wd. care to see.—2 There was a printed address to the Phil. Soc. of Canterbury published some 6 or 12 months ago by Haast.—3 Was it this you wished to see?
I escaped vomiting yesterday & have felt these 2 days better. Dr. Brinton tells me that a little head-work not bad.4 Dr Gully writes again this morning to do nothing for 6 months.5 I presume I must observe & judge for self.— I am glad to hear about Willy.—6 Do not, my dear friend, write when much overworked. | C. D.
Of course use any & all Haast’s facts7
Who reviewed Lyell in Edinburgh in July last??? I inferred it was a real geologist, but one at least 100 years old.8 over
I daresay you have no other tendril-bearing plants.—9 over
Footnotes
Bibliography
[Forbes, James David.] 1863. [Review of Charles Lyell’s Antiquity of man and other works.] Edinburgh Review 118: 254–302.
Summary
Sends Haast’s report; JDH may use any and all of the details in the letter.
Asks identity of a reviewer of Lyell’s Antiquity of man [Edinburgh Rev. 118 (1863): 254–302].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4341
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 115: 209
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4341,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4341.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11