Ɛpsilon

To ?   [after 17 February 1875]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

My dear Sir

I am very much obliged for the note which you have forwarded to me, as I shall soon have to prepare a new Edit. of my Variation.2 I am not quite sure whether you meant me to return it, if so please send me a Post-Card & I will have it copied.

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 17 February [1875].
2
The note has not been identified. John Murray had informed CD that he was willing to bring out a new edition of Variation (see letter from John Murray, 17 February [1875]). Some of CD’s notes for Variation 2d ed. are in DAR 193.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Kent.] before del ‘Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9795,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9795