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To G. H. Darwin   [after 28 October 1877]1

My dear G.

I have thought that you possibly might like to see enclosed, just received.—2 I am heartily glad that your work prospers, but do for Heaven sake strive against overwork—3 You will have seen by your mother’s letter that I have fixed (before receiving your letter) Dec. 6th & so write to V. Chancellor.— Dr Cartmell begged me not to fix Decb. 15th4

Yours affect | C.D.—

You will have to get us rooms.—5

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, [28 October 1877].
2
The enclosure has not been found.
3
George had confessed that he was feeling unwell from working constantly on his paper on the tides in the interior of the earth (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [28 October 1877]).
4
Emma Darwin’s letter to George has not been found, but see the letter to Edward Atkinson, 27 October 1877, in which CD suggested that he receive his honorary degree on 6 December. CD later learned that the best time in George’s opinion would be the week of 18 to 23 November (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [28 October 1877]). James Cartmell was the master of Christ’s College, Cambridge, CD’s undergraduate college.
5
George would have had to arrange accommodation for all the members of the Darwin family who planned to attend the degree ceremony.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11216,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11216