From Briton Riviere 22 May 1872

16 Addison R^d | K.

May 22/72

Dear Sir

Thank you for your letter I shall certainly have another trial at the pleased dog¹

I should very much like to have any of your books especially the “Origin of Species.²

Believe me | Very truly yours | Briton Riviere

M^r Cooper will I suppose send me another block with the sketch of the first dog.³

CD’s letter has not been found. Riviere was making drawings of dogs for Expression (see letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872]).

In the missing letter, CD had evidently offered Riviere books in place of a gift of money (see letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872], and letter from Briton Riviere, 20 May 1872).

James Davis Cooper was engraving woodcuts for Expression; CD had approved Riviere’s drawing of a hostile dog (‘the first dog’), with slight modifications (see letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8346,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8346

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