Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
April. 19th 1879
My dear Cousin
How good you are to take so much trouble.1 I have marked in pencil the two letters “to be returned to you”; but it will safe me some copying so I will accept your offer of keeping them for about 6 or 8 weeks— I have not yet written a word, & shall not till I leave home.—2 I greatly fear that you will be sadly disappointed with my “Preliminary notice”; but no man can do better than his best.
yours very sincerely Ch. Darwin
Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12004A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on