To Woodbine Parish   [January 1839?]

‘I like your book1 very much; it cannot fail to be extremely interesting, I should think, to all those who care for graver things than what the traveller eats and says to the Señoritas.’

Parish 1838. According to Murray’s advertisement in the Publishers circular this book was in press in January 1839.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-398,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-398