To Charles Lyell   [9 April 1873]1

[16 Montague Street] London

I hope that you have enjoyed your excursion   The weather, however, has not been favourable as far as I can remember in this bewildering London life. We return home early tomorrow morning— I did not hear that you were off, till you were gone, as I told my wife I shd call on you one evening2

My dear Lyell | Yours ever very truly | Ch Darwin

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1
The date is established by a copyist’s note referring to a postmark ‘AP 9 73’ and by the reference to returning home. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), the Darwins returned to Down on 10 April 1873.
2
Lyell had been in Ludlow, Shropshire (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 25 April 1873).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8552F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8552F