To Ludwig Rütimeyer   20 February 1874

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Feb 20 1874

Dear Sir

I write a line to thank you for the renewed proof of your kindness in having sent me your Essay on living & fossil Turtles;1 & I have no doubt that this is as valuable as your many other Essays—

My dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin

There is an inscribed copy of Rütimeyer 1873 in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. The pages at the end have been cut and there is a pencil annotation on the back cover, ‘Skimmed’.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 that] interl in CD’s hand

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9306,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9306