To John Murray   13 April [1871]1

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

Ap 13th

My dear Sir

Many thanks for your suggestion, & I have written to Turin to enquire who is the translator.2 I have no idea who wrote the Times Review.3 He has no knowledge of science, & seems to me a windbag full of metaphysics & classics, so that I do not much regard his adverse judgment, though I suppose it will injure the sale. Should you ever hear who wrote it, be so kind as to inform me.

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 12 April [1871].
2
See letter from John Murray, 12 April [1871] and nn. 2 and 3. CD’s letter to Ermanno Loescher in Turin has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7680,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7680