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To ?   5 December 1872

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Dec 5. 1872

Dear Sir,

I am much obliged for your kind present. I can plainly see that your book will teach me much & interest me greatly.1

Pray accept my thanks | And believe me | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

P. S. | Have you seen a book which I have just published as ‘Expression?’2 If you have not, & would like to possess a copy, I shall be most happy to send one.

LS(A)

1
The book has not been identified.
2
Expression was published on 26 November 1872 (Freeman 1977).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

3.1 P. S. … one. 3.2] in CD’s hand

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8660H,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8660H