To F. J. Cohn   11 January 1882

My dear Sir.

I thank you cordially for the gift of your new & very handsome work.—¹ I see by looking at the table of contents, that there is much which will interest me greatly.

If I could read German easily I believe that I should never read a book in any other language, so much is published in your country which is valuable to me.

Believe me with much respect | Yours sincerely. | Charles Darwin.