To Arnold Dodel-Port   12 February 1879

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

Feb. 12th 1879

My dear Sir

I thank you for your most kind letter which has interested me much in several ways, & for the gift of the Atlas.—1 In truth no praise can be too strong for these drawings, they are so wonderfully clear & instructive.

I rejoice to hear of the success of your Lectures & all your other success.2

I have not heard a word about H. Müller of Lippstadt & do not know to what you allude, but I will write to him.—3

Again accept my best thanks & believe me | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The letter from Dodel-Port has not been found. He sent the second part of his and Carolina Dodel-Port’s botanical atlas (Dodel-Port and Dodel-Port 1878–83). He had sent the first part in 1878; see Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Arnold Dodel-Port, 12 June 1878.
2
Dodel-Port taught botany at the University of Zurich.
3
In his now missing letter, Dodel-Port had evidently written about Hermann Müller’s problems related to his teaching; see letter to Hermann Müller, 12 February [1879], and letter from Hermann Müller, 14 February 1879.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11877,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11877