To ? 27 September [1871–81]1
Down, Beckenham, Kent
September 27
Dear Sir,
I am much obliged for the book which you have been so kind as to send to me, & for the flattering notice of me. I am so much overworked at present that I cannot read it now, & I am a very poor German scholar. I am sorry not to be able to comply with your request; but remarks of not a few lines in length will be worth nothing, & I have no strength at times to do more […]
Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
The year range is established by the printed address, which is described in the sale catalogue. CD used two sorts of notepaper marked ‘Down, Beckenham, Kent.’ between 1871 and 1874, and notepaper with the railway station added after the same address until his death in April 1882.
Summary
Thanks for a book. "I am so much overworked at present that I cannot read it now, & I am a very poor German scholar".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13886
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- David Schulson (dealer) (August 2005)
- Physical description
- ALS * 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13886,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13886.xml
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