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From G. H. Darwin   [30 November 1879]1

6 Qu: Ann St

Sunday

My dear Father

Uncle Ras2 suggests that you ought to give a copy of Eras. D. to Hy. Parker.3 If you do so he thinks it will be best to send the copy here & write a letter to H. P. at the Oxf. & Camb. Club Pall Mall to tell him that the book is here.4

I shall see you on Wedn. as I sha’nt go back to Camb. till evening5 | G H Darwin

1
The date is established by the reference to Erasmus Darwin and by the date of CD’s visit to London (see n. 5, below). In 1879, the Sunday preceding 3 December was 30 November.
3
Erasmus Darwin was published in early November 1879. Henry Parker was CD’s nephew.
4
The Oxford and Cambridge University Club, 71–6 Pall Mall, London (Post Office London directory 1879). No letter from CD to Parker has been found.
5
CD and Emma Darwin went to stay at Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house in London on Wednesday, 3 December 1879 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12240,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12240