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To G. J. Romanes   23 [January 1882]1

Down.

23d

My dear Romanes

I am very glad about the microscope.— H. Spencers plan wd. have quite destroyed the graciosity of the little present.—2 I am better, but am no great shakes & weak enough.—

Ever yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

I hope that you will be able soon to read the Sugar Cane paper.—3

1
The month and year are established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882.
2
CD and Romanes had agreed to give Grant Allen a microscope, but were deliberating about when to present the gift (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 January 1882). No correspondence mentioning Herbert Spencer in connection with the matter has been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13638,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13638