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To E. B. Aveling   [after 23 September 1878]1

Dear Sir

I am much obl. to you for having sent me the nos of the S. Mag..— I fear that you esteem my works & honour me very much more highly than I deserve. If it is not asking too great a favour, I shd. like to see any other numbers, in connection with the pres one2

I remain | Sir, | Yours f & obliged | C. D.

ADraftS

1
The date is established by the relationship between this draft and the letter from E. B. Aveling, 23 September 1878, on the back of which it is written.
2
Only one article from Aveling’s series in the Student’s Magazine and Science and Art, ‘Darwin and his work’, has been found in the Darwin Archive–CUL; see letter from E. B. Aveling, 23 September 1878 and n. 1.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 very much] above del ‘far’
1.2 highly] interl
1.3 like] ‘l’ over ‘r’
1.3 any] after del ‘the’
1.4 in connection] after del ‘in which you conta’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11709,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11709