From J. D. Hooker 4 July 1867
Kew
July 4th/67.
Dr Darwin
I thought I never was to get time to write to you again, day after day I have been at my wits ends with things to do, & was greatly disappointed at not seeing you in London—1 The fact is that Smith has been away in Paris, & one of my best men at the Herbarium is very ill—2
Mrs Hooker has worried me into taking her to Switzerland for a fortnight & we are off tonight to return on 23d— we shall stop in the Enghedien.3
A friend of mine was a run-away-boy in his youth, & if I am rightly informed 2 of his boys have run away from home. several times—for no other motive but love of roaming— is the case worth my verifying for you?4
I will take the first Sunday for Down that I can get free after my return— Aug. 4, I hope.5
Ever yrs aff | J D Hooker
I thought Lyell looking well the other day— he seems to be looking into insular floras & faunas well.6
The Earl of Arran (father of my next door neighbour) has twice asked to be most specially remembered to you—as Philip Gore who knew you at Monte Video & arranged for your trip in the interior (he seems a great ass, but goodnatured one)7
Footnotes
Bibliography
Burke’s peerage: A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the United Kingdom. Burke’s peerage and baronetage. 1st– edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1826–.
Columbia gazetteer of the world: The Columbia gazetteer of the world. Edited by Saul B. Cohen. 3 vols. New York: Columbia University Press. 1998.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Desmond, Ray. 1995. Kew: the history of the Royal Botanic Gardens. London: Harvill Press with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Post Office London suburban directory: The Post Office London suburban directory. Kelly’s London suburban directory. London: Kelly & Co. 1860–1903.
Summary
Has been too busy to write. Is leaving for Switzerland that evening.
A friend, who ran away from home as a boy, has two sons who have done the same several times. Is the case worth investigating for CD?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5577
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 102: 169–70
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5577,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5577.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15