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From John Tyndall   8 April [1873]1

Royal Institution of Great Britain

8th April

My dear Darwin.

I drove to Spottiswoodes2 yesterday but he was not at home: then I drove to the Athenæum & I caught Spencer whom I know to be a dissipated individual & a billiard player—during the afternoon.3 I thought it well to secure his presence today; and he therefore like myself will be with you at about half past one oClock.4

Yours ever | John Tyndall

1
The year is established by the reference to a meeting that took place on 8 April 1873 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), letter to William Spottiswoode, [8 April 1873]).
3
Herbert Spencer was a member of the Athenaeum Club from 1868 (Waugh [1888]).
4
Several friends of Thomas Henry Huxley, including CD, met on 8 April 1873 to discuss a plan to raise a subscription to help him out of financial difficulties (see letter to William Spottiswoode, [8 April 1873]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8849,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8849