From G. H. Darwin [13 June 1871]1
New University Club | St. James’s St.
Tuesd. | 11. PM
Dear Father,
The Test’s bill has unexpectedly got thro’ the Lords tonight2 & will get the Royal Consent on Thursd. just in time to save me all bother on the subjt as the end on the term is Tuesday.—3 It wouldn’t have been in time unless it had passed the Lords before 7 tonight & it only got thro’ at about 6.30 & is now on its way to Scotland in the Limited Mail.4 All is well that ends well
Yours affectionately | G H Darwin
Received line about my Shirt & hat.5
Footnotes
Bibliography
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
OED: The Oxford English dictionary. Being a corrected re-issue with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1970. A supplement to the Oxford English dictionary. 4 vols. Edited by R. W. Burchfield. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1972–86. The Oxford English dictionary. 2d edition. 20 vols. Prepared by J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1989. Oxford English dictionary additional series. 3 vols. Edited by John Simpson et al. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1993–7.
Summary
Reports the passing of [Universities Tests] Bill and the consequent end to a bother.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7818
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- New University Club
- Source of text
- DAR 210.2: 20
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7818,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7818.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19