To E. B. Aveling [after 23 September 1878]1
Dear Sir
I am much obl. to you for having sent me the nos of the S. Mag..— I fear that you esteem my works & honour me very much more highly than I deserve. If it is not asking too great a favour, I shd. like to see any other numbers, in connection with the pres one2
I remain | Sir, | Yours f & obliged | C. D.
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this draft and the letter from E. B. Aveling, 23 September 1878, on the back of which it is written.
Only one article from Aveling’s series in the Student’s Magazine and Science and Art, ‘Darwin and his work’, has been found in the Darwin Archive–CUL; see letter from E. B. Aveling, 23 September 1878 and n. 1.
Summary
Thanks EBA for the copy of the Student’s Magazine.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11709
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Bibbens Aveling
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 9v
- Physical description
- ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11709,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11709.xml
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