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From E. A. Darwin   2 November [1877?]1

Nov 2

Dear Charles

I scarcely know if it is worth repeating but at the Club yesterday Mangles said “I got your Brothers autograph in a curious way today   I was looking into Sprenger’s (?) Mosses & there was his letter pasted into it. I observed to the Librarian that if ever Sprenger should happen to see it it might have an awkward look as if you despised the book   The Libr agreed & tore it out & I kept the auto:”2

Yours aff | EAD

1
The year is conjectured from an archivist’s note on the letter.
2
CD and his brother, Erasmus, were both members of the Athenaeum Club in London. There were several men at the club with the surname Mangles, but Erasmus probably refers to James Henry Mangles, who was a member of the committee (Waugh [1888]). The librarian of the Athenaeum in 1877 was Henry Richard Tedder. ‘Sprenger’s Mosses’ has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11223,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11223