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To G. J. Romanes   [17 December 1881]1

4 Bryanston St—

My dear Romanes

Very many thanks— If I am able to go Huxley, I shd. not be up to a talk so soon as 12o; but if you cd. conveniently call in the afternoon, I shd. be delighted to see you.—2

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the letter to G. J. Romanes, 17 [December 1881], and the letter to Francis Darwin, [18 December 1881].
2
CD stayed in London at the home of Richard Buckley Litchfield and Henrietta Emma Litchfield from 13 to 20 December 1881 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). He visited Thomas Henry Huxley on 18 December 1881 (letter to Francis Darwin, [18 December 1881]). CD had suggested midday or afternoon for the visit in his letter to Romanes of 17 [December 1881].

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Bryanston St—] above del ‘Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12382,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12382