From John Lubbock   18 December 1862

15, Lombard Street. E.C.

18 Dec 62

Dear Mr. Darwin

Hurrah, you are a brick & I shall read your article with the greatest interest.1

My lecture is to be on the “Pfahlbauten”.2

Yrs. affec | John Lubbock

C Darwin Esqr

2
Lubbock refers to his lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on the ancient lake-habitations of Switzerland (Lubbock 1863c): the dwellings (‘Pfahlbauten’) were built on stilts or piles (‘Pfahl’).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3867,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3867