To J. C. Costerus and N. D. Doedes [22?] March 18731
Down, Beckenham, Kent.
March 12 1873.
The University | Utrecht | Holland.
Gentlemen
I thank you cordially for your very kind letter.2 It is the highest satisfaction which any writer can hope for, to interest other students, especially the younger ones. Your letter has consequently been very welcome to me. Perhaps you would like to possess a photograph of me, as a souvenir of our correspondence, and therefore I send two copies.
Your advice about cheap edition is good. About a year ago I did publish in England a sixth and much cheaper edition of my Origin of species; but still it is not so cheap as many books on the continent.3
With my renewed and sincere thanks, | I remain, Dear Sirs, yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Thanks them for their kind letter and interest in his work. Sends photograph.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8807
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Jan Constantijn Costerus; Nicolaas Dirk Doedes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 139.12: 11
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8807,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8807.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
