To ?   9 January 1879

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

Jan. 9th 1879

Dear Sir

I am very much obliged to you for your great kindness in having sent me four copies of your engraving, which arrived safely yesterday.1

The work seems to be, though I cannot pretend to be a judge, a very fine production, & I remain | Dear Sir | Yours Faithfully | Charles Darwin

The engravings have not been identified.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added
1.3 a very] after del ‘to be’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11823,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11823