To H. E. Litchfield 11 [December 1879]1
11th
Down.
My dear Etty
I send by this post, Guthries book which you will perhaps not care to see after reading Moulton’s letter. I also enclose William, who wished to see Moulton’s, so please send it.— You had better ask whether Eras, wd like to see the Book & these letters.2 I have sent the Photo. to Mrs Billing.3
Good-bye dearest— love to Litchfield— you have both been very good to us.—4
Your affec | C. Darwin
I scrattled to death.—5
3o15′ P.m. Mother not arrived!6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Guthrie, Malcolm. 1879. On Mr. Spencer’s formula of evolution as an exhaustive statement of the changes of the universe. London: Trübner & Co.
Summary
Sends M. Guthrie’s book [On Mr Spencer’s formula of evolution (1879)], although HEL may not care to read it having seen Moulton’s letter [12350].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12353
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12353,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12353.xml