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From W. S. Dallas   8 March 1868

Fleet Street

8 March 1868

My dear Sir

I have your kind letter of Friday last & shall avail myself with much pleasure of the opportunity it offers me of making your personal acquaintance, but I must beg for a day towards the end of next week, as I have not yet found myself a suitable lodging & must do so tomorrow.—1 Shall I come on Friday next?2 If I hear nothing to the contrary I will do so.— I hope the new edition is going off as quickly as its predecessor—3

Believe me | Your’s always truly | W. S. Dallas

C. Darwin Esq.

1
CD’s letter of 6 March 1868 has not been found. Dallas had written earlier, informing CD of his planned arrival in London on 4 March (see letter from W. S. Dallas, 28 February 1868).
2
In 1868, the Friday following 8 March was 13 March.
3
Dallas refers to the second printing of the first edition of Variation.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5998,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5998