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To G. J. Romanes [17 December 1881]¹

4 Bryanston St—

My dear Romanes

Very many thanks— If I am able to go Huxley, I sh^d. not be up to a talk so soon as 12^o; but if you c^d. conveniently call in the afternoon, I sh^d. be delighted to see you.—²

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the letter to G. J. Romanes, 17 [December 1881], and the letter to Francis Darwin, [18 December 1881].

CD stayed in London at the home of Richard Buckley Litchfield and Henrietta Emma Litchfield from 13 to 20 December 1881 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). He visited Thomas Henry Huxley on 18 December 1881 (letter to Francis Darwin, [18 December 1881]). CD had suggested midday or afternoon for the visit in his letter to Romanes of 17 [December 1881].

Summary

Asks him to visit.

Letter details

Letter no.: DCP-LETT-12382
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: George John Romanes
Sent from: London, Bryanston St, 4
Source of text: American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.578)
Physical description: ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12382,” accessed on 15 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12382.xml

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