From T. H. Huxley 15 January 1865
26 Abbey Place
Jany 15. 1865
My dear Darwin
Many thanks for Deslongchamps paper which I do not possess.1
I received another important publication yesterday morning in the shape of a small but hearty son,2 who came to light a little before six— The wife3 is getting on capitally and we are both greatly rejoiced at having another boy as your godson ran great risks of being spoiled by a harem of sisters4
I hope this will be the last for I really cannot afford any more—boys or girls5
The leader in the ‘Reader’ is mine & I am glad you liked it6—the more so as it has got me into trouble with some of my friends— However the revolution that is going on is not to be made with rose water
I wish if anything occurs to you that would improve the scientific part of the Reader you would let me know as I am, in great measure, responsible for it—7
I am sorry not to have a better account of your health—8
With kind remembrances to Mrs Darwin9 & the rest of your circle
Ever Yours faithy | T H Huxley
Footnotes
Bibliography
Clark, Ronald W. 1968. The Huxleys. London: Heinemann.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Sarjeant, William A. S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. including supplements. London: Macmillan. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks for [E. Eudes?] Deslongchamps’ paper.
Henry Huxley born.
Leader in Reader [4 (1864): 821] is by THH. It has got him into trouble with some of his friends.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4745
- From
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Abbey Place, 26
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 305
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4745,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4745.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13