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To G. H. Darwin   25 June [1879]1

June 25th—

My dear George.—

All your astronomical work is a mere insignificant joke compared with your Darwin discoveries.— Oh good Lord that we shd. be descended from a ‘Steward of the Peverel’; but what in the name of Heaven does this mean?—2 There is a sublime degree of mystery about the title.— But I write now partly to tell you that we go on Saturday morning to Laura’s House & stay there till Tuesday morning. She has most kindly lent us her house for these few days, for your mother says, I believe truly, that I require change & rest.3

Hurrah. | C. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879.
2
See letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879. For George’s recent scientific success, see the letter to G. H. Darwin, 31 May [1879].
3
CD and Emma stayed at the house of Laura Mary Forster in Abinger Hammer, Surrey (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12119,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12119