From Karl Beger   [12 February 1877]

Though no man of science but a simple bookkeeper, I have read and admired in the highest degree all your immortal works. My dear little wife, who understands and loves you, having presented me yesterday with a pretty boy, I have taken the liberty to give him your illustrious name.¹ I most humbly beg to ask your kind permission, and promise to make him an honorable man.

Believe me, | Dear Sir, | Your humble servant | Carl Beger.

Hamburg, on Charles Darwins | 70^th. Birthday. ²

Charles Darwin Esq^re. | FRS | England