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To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   7 July 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

July 7 1875

My dear Professor Dyer

I am now in the midst of correcting the “Variation” & shall be extremely obliged for any corrections & notes;1 but I want to avoid making the book larger, by adding any thing which is not important.

I have long wished to become acquainted with Professor Lancaster, & I shall be very happy if you & he will come here on some Sunday towards the end of the month.2 There is a train which leaves Charing X at 2.30 & I hope you will sleep here & we will send you to the station the next morning.

Will you be so good as to give me some days notice, as relations sometimes fill our house on a Sunday.

As I should be extremely sorry to appear ungracious to Prof. Lancaster, I hope that you will tell him that I am incapable of talking with friends for more than a short time

Pray believe me | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
CD began work on Variation 2d ed. on 6 July 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
2
Thiselton-Dyer and Edwin Ray Lankester visited Down on Sunday 18 July 1875 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10046,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10046