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To Albert Gaudry   28 December 1877

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Dec 28 . 1877

Dear Sir,

I thank you sincerely for your never-failing kindness in sending me your valuable works. I am sure that the one received to day will interest me greatly, judging from the extract given in the “Revue des Sciences”—1

I remain, dear Sir | with the greatest respect | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

LS

1
Gaudry sent a copy of his book Les enchaînements du monde animal dans les temps géologiques: mammifères tertiaires (Series in the animal world over geological time: tertiary mammals; Gaudry 1878). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. An extract from the book, ‘Les ruminants et leurs parents’ (Ruminants and their parents; Gaudry 1877), appeared in La Revue scientifique de la France et de l’étranger, 15 December 1877; CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11293,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11293