I am, however, very glad of your remark, and will ponder over it.
We are all well, wife and children three, and as flourishing as this horrid, house-confining, tempestuous weather permits.
LETTER 18.

TO J.D.HOOKER.

Down [1845].
I hope you are getting on well with your lectures, and that you have enjoyed some pleasant walks during the late delightful weather.

I write to tell you (as perhaps you might have had fears on the subject) that your books have arrived safely.

I am exceedingly obliged to you for them, and will take great care of them; they will take me some time to read carefully.
I send to-day the corrected MS.