From G. H. Darwin [8 November 1874]1
Sat. Night
Dear Father,
I have just heard fr. Spottiswoode pressing for an answer.2 I have written that if he must have an answer at once it must be no—but if he can wait till next week it might be yes, when I’ve consulted you. I have told Norman to send my M.S to you.3 Do you think you cd. read it by Wednesday so that we cd. discuss it at once & let me write on Thursday.4 It is not more than an hour’s read I think. You must bear in mind that I shall not have touched it up since copying—& that it is only part of the Essay I feel not lecturing if my matter wd. do is letting ‘I dare not wait upon I would’.5
I continue pretty seedy tho’ nothing to my old attacks
Yrs | G. H. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Spottiswoode is pressing for an answer to invitation to GHD to lecture at the Royal Institution. GHD is having MS of the paper he has written sent to CD, so that CD can advise whether he should accept the invitation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9688
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 210.2: 43
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9688,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9688.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22