To T. H. Huxley 1 October [1869]1
Down | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Oct 1.
My dear Huxley
M. Kowalewsky, who translated into Russian one of my books, has been staying here.2 He wishes very much to hear one of your Lectures: can you give him an order for admittance? He remains in London only until Oct.— 10th.— He is Brother of the naturalist of the same name.—3
I suppose he can look over your Museum.—4
Yours affectly | C. Darwin
Many thanks about the Horses tooth.5
He is studying Geology & intends travelling with his young & pretty wife6 in Central Asia!—
Footnotes
Summary
V. O. Kovalevsky, Russian translator [of Variation], wishes to hear THH lecture.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6922
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 275)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6922,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6922.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17