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To D. F. Nevill   15 July [1875]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

July 15th

Dear Lady Dorothy Nevill.

I am proud to send my autograph, & am delighted to hear that any part of my book has interested you.— I ought to have answered your last note, but I was at the time quite overwhelmed with letters.—2 We shall be very glad to see your Ladyship here, but I hope to be in London late in the autumn when I will call on you, & this will save your long journey3

Your Ladyships | Very faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin

From the Author | With Kind Regards.

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from D. F. Nevill, 2 July [1875].
2
Nevill had thanked CD for his gift of Insectivorous plants and had requested his autograph (letters from D. F. Nevill, 2 July [1875] and 13 [July 1875].
3
CD next made an extended visit to London from 10 to 20 December 1875, but there is no record of his meeting Nevill then.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10068,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10068