From W. B. Dawkins   23 February 1871

Dear M^r. Darwin,

I thank you very much for your kind present of the long expected work, which I am devouring as I can steal time from many occupations.¹ I hope that you are none the worse for the great expenditure of energy in its production.

I am | Dear M^r. Darwin | Yours truly | W. Boyd Dawkins

Charles Darwin Esq.

P.S. I am delighted to realize that the artisans and mill-hands of Manchester and Oldham read and understand and believe in your books. They club together to buy them.²