From J. D. Hooker   [2 June 1866]1

Kew.

Saturday

Dear Darwin

I grieve to hear of your state again.2

I assure you I am more grieved that you should vex yourself about the omissions as you call them—3 As to mine they prove nothing & there was no call to notice them. they can only claim to be illustrations of using your methods.4

Ever Yr aff | J D Hooker

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866]. In 1866, the first Saturday after 31 May was 2 June.
2
CD had complained of poor health and stomach troubles (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866] and [31 May 1866]).
3
CD had forgotten to include references to Bates 1860 and J. D. Hooker 1860a in his revisions for the fourth edition of Origin (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866] and n. 9).
4
Hooker had supported CD’s theory in J. D. Hooker 1859 and J. D. Hooker 1860a (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 May 1866 and n. 8).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5110,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5110