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To Ignatius Donnelly   2 March 1882

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

March 2d. 1882.—

Dear Sir

I am much obliged to you for your kindness in having sent me a copy of your “Atlanttis”.1 I shall read the book with interest, though I must confess in a very sceptical spirit.—

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

1
Donnelly argued in his recently published book, Atlantis (Donnelly 1882), that Atlantis was a real island, destroyed in a cataclysmic event; survivors travelled to all parts of the globe, carrying their tale of disaster, which became the various flood legends of widely separated cultures. For more on Donnelly and his literary output, see Anderson 1980.

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