To ? 27 September [1871–81]1
Down, Beckenham, Kent
September 27
Dear Sir,
I am much obliged for the book which you have been so kind as to send to me, & for the flattering notice of me. I am so much overworked at present that I cannot read it now, & I am a very poor German scholar. I am sorry not to be able to comply with your request; but remarks of not a few lines in length will be worth nothing, & I have no strength at times to do more […]
Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for a book. "I am so much overworked at present that I cannot read it now, & I am a very poor German scholar".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13886
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- David Schulson (dealer) (August 2005)
- Physical description
- ALS * 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13886,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13886.xml