From R. F. Charles 12 June [1880]1
City of London School | Milk St. | E.C.
June 12.
Dear Sir,
I write to thank you for the exceedingly kind letter you have written me about the extracts from your book.2
I am sorry that I have been the cause of giving you so much trouble, but I am very much obliged to you for writing to Mr. Murray.3
I am endeavouring to make these Readers more interesting than such books often are, and, as far as is possible in a great number of selections, to give the children a taste of books only that are really valuable—
With many thanks | Believe me | Yours faithfully | R. F. Charles
Chas: Darwin Esq.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Charles, Robert Fletcher, ed. [1880–3.] Relfe Brothers’ model reading-books: narrative and descriptive, in prose and verse, for use in schools. With notes and introduction by R.F. Charles. 4 vols. London: Relfe Brothers.
Journal of researches (1860): Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle around the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. By Charles Darwin. Reprint edition. London: John Murray. 1860.
Summary
Thanks CD for writing to Murray concerning Journal of researches extracts for his reading-book.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12632
- From
- Robert Fletcher Charles
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- City of London School
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 134
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12632,” accessed on 8 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12632.xml
