To ? 7 May [1861–8?]¹

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

May 7^th

Sir

I am much obliged for your note & offer, but I am sorry to say that I am too much occupied to contribute to any Periodicals.—

Sir | Your obliged & obet servant | Charles Darwin

I need not say that your Review² has my cordial good wishes.—

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The date range is conjectured from the style of the address, which CD used regularly from May 1861 until April 1869.

The review has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3141,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3141

Summary

CD is obliged for the offer, but he is "too much occupied to contribute to any periodicals".

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18-Supplement.