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To E. S. Galton   20 November 1879

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

Nov 20. 1879

My dear Cousin,

I am extremely obliged to you for your letter, which will be most useful in correcting my many shameful errata & blunders should there be a second edition;1 but this I fear is not likely as the book did not sell well at Murray’s sale.2

I saw in the newspaper the death of Mr Wheler; & I am sincerely sorry for the grief which this heavy loss must cause your sister.3 Pray give my kind remembrances to her.

Believe me with many thanks | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin

LS

1
See letter from E. S. Galton, 12 November 1879. Erasmus Darwin 2d ed. was published in 1887.
3
The death of Edward Wheler, the husband of Galton’s sister Elizabeth Anne Wheler, was reported in The Times, 18 November 1879, p. 1. CD had received news of his declining health in the letter from E. S. Galton, 12 November 1879.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12331,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12331