To ? 7 May [1861–8?]¹

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

May 7^th

Sir

I am much obliged for your note & offer, but I am sorry to say that I am too much occupied to contribute to any Periodicals.—

Sir | Your obliged & obet servant | Charles Darwin

I need not say that your Review² has my cordial good wishes.—

Footnotes

The date range is conjectured from the style of the address, which CD used regularly from May 1861 until April 1869.

The review has not been identified.

CD is obliged for the offer, but he is "too much occupied to contribute to any periodicals".

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3141,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3141.xml

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