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To E. A. Strasburger   9 March 1876

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

March 9th /76

My dear Sir

I thank you cordially for the present of your book, which I am particularly glad to possess & which I will read immediately, as cell-multiplication has always interested me greatly, & the subject of your last chapter at present concerns me much. It was very considerate of you to send me the French Translation, for I find that I am too old to improve so as to read German quickly & I have not much strength so as to read for a long time.1

With great respect, good wishes & thanks | I remain | Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
Strasburger sent Sur la formation et la division des cellules (Strasburger 1876a), the French translation of his Über Zellbildung und Zelltheilung (On cell formation and cell division). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL. The book was an important work on plant cytology, and set out the principles of mitosis. The last chapter is on fertilisation processes and their relationship to cell formation and cell division.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 cell-multiplication] after del ‘the’

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