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From R. F. Charles   12 June [1880]1

City of London School | Milk St. | E.C.

June 12.

Dear Sir,

I write to thank you for the exceedingly kind letter you have written me about the extracts from your book.2

I am sorry that I have been the cause of giving you so much trouble, but I am very much obliged to you for writing to Mr. Murray.3

I am endeavouring to make these Readers more interesting than such books often are, and, as far as is possible in a great number of selections, to give the children a taste of books only that are really valuable—

With many thanks | Believe me | Yours faithfully | R. F. Charles

Chas: Darwin Esq.

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from R. F. Charles, 9 June 1880.
2
The letter from CD to Charles has not been found. However, see the letter from R. F. Charles, 9 June 1880, in which Charles had asked CD for permission to publish extracts from Journal of researches (1860) in his textbooks (Charles ed. 1880–3).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12632,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12632