To George Varenne Reed 8 September [1856]1
Down Kent
Sept. 8th.—
My dear Sir
As you met George at the Crystal Palace, you know that he has been at home with us for a couple of days.2 I have been ascertaining how he gets on & I find that he is not nearly so low in the school as I anticipated. & I find that in all those parts of his lessons, which shows that he has been well grounded he keeps at the top of his Class, & as I owe this to your kind labours, I cannot resist the great pleasure of again returning to you my cordial thanks3
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely & obliged | Ch. Darwin
Pray do not trouble yourself to acknowledge this note.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Moore, James Richard. 1977. On the education of Darwin’s sons: the correspondence between Charles Darwin and the Reverend G. V. Reed, 1857–1864. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 32 (1977–8): 51–70.
Summary
George is not so low at school as CD anticipated. He keeps at the top of his class, thanks to GVR’s labours.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2139
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Varenne Reed
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Buckinghamshire Record Office (D 22/39/1)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2139,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2139.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6