To G. H. Darwin 5 November [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov. 5.
My dear George
I did not think you in the least wrong, but I was in despair, as Norman has lately made such slow progress with my M.S. but he writes to day that he has done one of the 2 long chapters, & I have now written to him to finish yours.—2
I was very anxious to get your letter, for in your card you wrote “I think I shall come home Wednesd tomorrow wk” & I read this “tomorrow evening”, & we feared, when you did not appear, that you were very bad.—3 If you do not get much worse it will be a grand triumph, & I rejoice; but you seem rather bad now— Poor mother has been 2 days in bed with very bad cold, but she is no longer feverish.—4
We have put off the Jos’ till Saturday & they will be here till Friday week.—5 I shall be anxious to read your Pol. Econ. M.S. though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it.6
Yours affectly | C. Darwin
We were much interested by your account of the grand assemblage at Trotters’ rooms.7
Footnotes
Summary
Mainly family news.
Eager to read GHD’s political economy MS "though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9712
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 37
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9712,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9712.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22