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To G. H. Darwin   7 [July 1879]

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

Frank wants you to get & send by Post to Bot. Int. Würzburg “Shakespeare’s C. Merry Tales”. He says that he is not sure of the proper Title.1 He wants to give book to some German friend. If you know title, perhaps Williams & Norgate could send it by Post there.—2

C. D.

7th.—

ApcS

Postmark: JY 7 79

1
See letter from Francis Darwin, 4 July 1879 and n. 1. The book Francis wanted was Shakespeare’s jest book. A hundred mery talys, from the only perfect copy known (Oesterley ed. 1866). Francis had been working at the Botanical Institute, Würzburg, since late May 1879 (letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879).
2
Francis’s friend has not been identified. The publishers and booksellers Williams & Norgate specialised in foreign scientific literature.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’
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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12135,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12135