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To V. O. Kovalevsky   24 September [1872]

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Sept. 24th

My dear Sir

I have written to the Printers to send you to Euston Rd. the 2 first sheets;1 & I thought that I had sent you finally corrected copies.—2

I returned yesterday by Book-Post the Work, about which you were so very kind.—3

I regretted extremely that I saw so little of you that evening, for there were many points on which I shd. have liked to have talked with you;4 but such is my fate: I kept very unwell all yesterday & now my wife insists that I must stop work & leave home for a time & I suppose I must.5 In fact there is not much more work left in me.—

Farewell, I wish you all success.— | Yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin

Postmark: SP 24 72

1
Kovalevsky was using the proof-sheets of Expression for his Russian translation ([Kovalevsky] trans. 1872). He was staying at 218 Euston Road, London (letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 10 September 1872).
2
CD had evidently given Kovalevsky an earlier version of the first two proof-sheets. See letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, [c. 7 August 1872], and letter to V. O. Kovalevsky, 10 August [1872].
3
CD refers to Wundt 1863. See letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, [12–17 August 1872] and n. 2.
4
Kovalevsky had visited Down on 22 September 1872 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
5
CD stayed at Sevenoaks from 5 to 26 October (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) and letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 October [1872]).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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