Ɛpsilon

From John Lubbock   [21 October 1866]1

High Elms

My dear Mr. Darwin

I cannot very well come up to Down this afternoon.

You will I am sure be tired & must not overdo yourself. I wish you would send Haeckel down here to dinner & I would send him over to the station if he must go to night, or give him a bed & take him up in the morning if he could stay till then.2

Believe me | Yours most sincerely | John Lubbock

Pray tell him I am very anxious to make his acquaintance.

JL

1
The date is established by the reference to Ernst Haeckel’s visit to CD, which took place on Sunday 21 October 1866 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
2
There is no evidence that Haeckel visited Lubbock.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5252,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5252