To James Paget   28 June [1879]1

Down [West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Surrey.]

June 28th

My dear Paget

Very many thanks for your kindness. Alas and alas, I fear the case is of no use to me. Your sympathy about the troubles of a Biographer was very consoling to me, and I enjoyed thoroughly my luncheon with you and your family.2

Yours very truly | Ch. Darwin

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1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to T. L. Brunton, 27 June 1879.
2
CD had visited Paget the previous day (see letter to Francis Darwin, 28 June [1879]). The case referred to has not been identified but evidently related to Erasmus Darwin’s medical practice; CD was writing an introductory biographical sketch of his grandfather for Erasmus Darwin.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12127,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12127