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To J. W. Spengel   27 November [1874]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Nov. 27th

My dear Sir

I thank you most sincerely for your kindness in having sent me your Fortschritte &c, which it will be extremely useful & interesting to me to read.2 I have begun to read it, & am astonished how thoroughily you have searched all sources of information.— I am so poor a German scholar that alas! it will take me some time to finish.

With very best thanks, I remain Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the reference to Spengel 1874 (see n. 2, below).
2
There is a copy of Spengel’s Die Fortschritte des Darwinismus (Advances in Darwinism; Spengel 1874) in the Darwin Library–CUL. See also Correspondence vol. 19, letters from J. W. Spengel, 10 May 1871 and 4 November 1871.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8650F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8650F