To Alphons Engelhardt   [after 15 April 1881?]1

Dear Sir

I have the pleasure to comply with your wish to have a few lines from me.— I wish you all possible success in your scientific studies & that you may live long to pursue them.

Dear Sir | Yours — | — —2

The date is conjectured by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Alphons Engelhardt, 15 April [1881?].
In his letter of 15 April [1881?], Engelhardt had asked CD for a reply written in his hand.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13162,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13162