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To Francis Galton   15 [June 1879]1

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

One line to thank you for Photograph.2 My little Biography has turned out, alas, very dull & has disappointed me much.3 May your tour turn out pleasant under a better sky than our detestable one.—4

C.D.

15th.—

ApcS

1
The month and year are established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879.
2
Galton had ordered a photograph of a picture of Elizabeth Darwin (1747–1832) (see letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 and n. 7).
3
CD had written a biographical sketch for the English translation of Ernst Krause’s essay on Erasmus Darwin (Krause 1879a; Erasmus Darwin).
4
Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) recorded rain on 15 June 1879 and for two other days in that week.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12109,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12109