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To Victor Marshall   14 September 1879

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CD responds to VM’s desire to plant a tree in his honour by offering three choices.

Again expresses his pleasure in Coniston.

Acknowledges that Ruskin was right about his feeling "a deep and tender interest about the brightly coloured hinder half of certain monkeys".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Victor Alexander Ernest Garth (Victor) Marshall
Date:  14 Sept 1879
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12230

From Victor Marshall   7 September 1879

Summary

VAEGM pleased CD enjoyed his stay at Coniston.

Reports some rude remarks about CD made by John Ruskin.

Author:  Victor Alexander Ernest Garth (Victor) Marshall
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 46
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12220
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