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To William Ogle   [after 27 November 1878]1

Down | Beckenham

Dear Dr Ogle,

Many thanks for your translation of Kerner which arrived while I was away from Down for a day or two.2 I shall be very glad to read it again in a christian language; I have not yet had time to look at it, as Frank was using it.3

Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The date is established by the reference to Ogle trans. 1878 and by the date of CD’s return to Down (see n. 2, below).
2
Ogle’s translation of Anton Kerner’s Die Schutzmittel der Blüthen gegen unberufene Gäste (The protective measures of flowers against uninvited guests; Kerner 1876) appeared as Flowers and their unbidden guests (Ogle trans. 1878). The book arrived while CD was in London from 19 to 27 November 1878 (letter from Francis Darwin, [25–7 November 1878]; CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
3
Francis was using the book to prepare for a lecture (see letter from Francis Darwin, [25–7 November 1878]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11768F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11768F