To Horace Darwin 20 April [1880]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Ap. 20th
My dear old Horace
The advantage of a garden, if you have children & even without these appendages is so great, combined with the house itself suiting you & having a good landlord, that I if I were in your place, I wd. wait for the chance of getting it.2 For such advantages it wd be worth while to economise in some other way; though this is a wicked line of argument & could not have been expected from your honoured & stingy old father.—
Perhaps the Belvoir House may not be let.3 My best of loves to Ida.
Your affect. Father | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Gives advice regarding a house.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12584
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Horace Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 8
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12584,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12584.xml