My dear Charles Darwin

Indeed, (at the risk of being thought troublesome) I must thank you most sincerely for your kind & flattering letter, & also for the Photograph, which certainly recalls to me the Charles Darwin of olden days, I prize it extremely, & have affixed it in the title page of your Book—²

And if we are spared to see another Summer’s Sunshine, I shall look forward to visiting you,³ which will indeed be a real pleasure to | Your’s very affectionately | S. H. Haliburton

P S. | Your book interests me so much, there are many subjects in it, that I should like to talk to you about—