Ɛpsilon

To [C. E. Meetkerke]   7 January 1881

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

Jan 7th 1881.

Dear Madam

I am much obliged for the present of your very elegant work.—1 I daresay, & I hope, that you may by your book make many good observers of nature.—

I beg leave to remain with my best thanks | Dear Madam | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

1
The book was probably The guests of flowers: a botanical sketch for children (Meetkerke 1881); there is a copy in the Darwin Library–Down. It was published in December 1880 (Publishers’ Circular, 15 December 1880, p. 1319).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12983,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12983