To James Paget 28 June [1879]1
Down [West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Surrey.]
June 28th
My dear Paget
Very many thanks for your kindness. Alas and alas, I fear the case is of no use to me. Your sympathy about the troubles of a Biographer was very consoling to me, and I enjoyed thoroughly my luncheon with you and your family.2
Yours very truly | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to T. L. Brunton, 27 June 1879.
CD had visited Paget the previous day (see letter to Francis Darwin, 28 June [1879]). The case referred to has not been identified but evidently related to Erasmus Darwin’s medical practice; CD was writing an introductory biographical sketch of his grandfather for Erasmus Darwin.
Bibliography
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Summary
Thanks JP for his kindness, but unfortunately the [unspecified] case is of no use to him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12127
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Paget, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 147: 238
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12127,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12127.xml
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