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To Amy Ruck   [1 November 1872]

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

My dear Amy

I have told Mr Murray to send by tomorrow’s Post (if possible) a copy of my book on Expression &c to you, as a little mark of my affectionate regard.1

My dear Amy | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Some people like pasting an authors hand-writing at beginning so I send the same on next Page2

Postmark: NO 1 72

1
John Murray was the publisher of Expression. Ruck was engaged to Francis Darwin (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 3 May [1872] and n. 5); she had also helped CD with his work on earthworms (see letters from Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin, [20 January 1872] and [1 February 1872]). Ruck’s name appears on CD’s presentation list for Expression (Appendix V).
2
A section of the second page of the letter has been excised.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 (if possible)] parentheses over commas

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8590,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8590