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To Julius Lippert   [May 1881 or later]1

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

Dear Sir,

Pray allow me to thank you sincerely for your kindness in having sent me your work “Die Religionen &c”.2 Your subject is a most interesting one, and as far as I can judge from the Table of Contents it has been fully treated by you

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

LS

1
The date is established by the reference to Lippert 1881, the foreword of which is dated April 1881.
2
CD’s copy of Die Religionen der Europäischen Culturvölker (The religions of the civilised peoples of Europe; Lippert 1881) is in the Darwin Library–Down.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12959,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12959