To W. E. Darwin   [8 May 1862]1

6. Queen Anne St

Thursday

My dear William

a note from Hooker has been forwarded to me here from Down, in which he says he will soon write to you about your coming there.2 I had heard nothing of this; but the Hookers have just had all their Plate stolen & in consequence much bother with Police &c &c & this has delayed Hooker writing. I have been doing odds & ends in London & am now just starting for the Exhibition!!3

Yours | C. Darwin

a good account of Horace last night.—4

1
The date is established by reference to CD’s trip to London in May 1862 (see nn. 2 and 3, below); 8 May 1862 was a Thursday.
2
Letter from J. D. Hooker, [5 May 1862]. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD travelled to London on 6 May 1862 and returned to Down on 9 May.
3
The International Exhibition opened in South Kensington, London, on 1 May 1862 (The Times, 2 May 1862, p. 11).
4
Horace Darwin was ill throughout the early part of 1862 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3525,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3525