To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 25 [February 1879]

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

Very many thanks for the Book received safely yesterday.— I see that there is not much to read, but it has told me something— It shall be returned soon.¹

C.D.

25^th.

pc

Postmark: FE 26 79

In his letter of 21 February [1879], CD had asked to borrow a copy of Pierre Etienne Simon Duchartre’s Éléments de botanique (Duchartre 1867).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11903,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11903