To W. D. Fox 11 May [1874]
Summary
Has just finished new editions of Descent
and Coral reefs.
Is working on a book almost wholly on Drosera; thinks he has made some discoveries.
Will never have strength and life to complete more of the series of books related to Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 11 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 153) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9454 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 November [1874]
Summary
Mainly family news.
Eager to read GHD’s political economy MS "though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Nov [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9712 |
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- … Darwin, 15 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.24), she mentioned that Lucy Caroline Harrison (a daughter of Josiah Wedgwood III ) and her husband Matthew James Harrison , together with Josiah Wedgwood III’s family from Leith Hill Place, stayed at Down. They left on Wednesday 11 November ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George was writing on political economy and thought the topic might be suitable for a lecture he had been invited to give at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ( letter …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
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| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
