To J. D. Hooker [31 May 1866]1
My dear H.
I forgot in my morning’s note2 to say that you began your note3 by saying that “the enclosed may amuse you”— Nothing was enclosed— I shd. much like to be amused, for my stomach & the whole Universe is this day demoniacal in my eyes— C. D.
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866].
Letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866].
Summary
No enclosure in JDH’s last letter.
Would like to be amused "for my stomach & the whole Universe is this day demoniacal in my eyes".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5107
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Leith Hill Place
- Source of text
- DAR 115: 290a
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5107,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5107.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14
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