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492 DARWIN (CHARLES)

Charming L. s. "Charles Darwin", A pp., 8vo, Down, 24 August, [1866], to the Rev. W. Darwin Fox, referring to his revision of the Origin of Species and his work on his forthcoming book The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, etc., with original envelope, framed and glazed.

... It is always a pleasure to me to hear from you & about you, patriarch as you are with your countless children & grandchildren about you-I feel a mere dwarf by your side... I don't believe in your theory of moderate mental work doing me any harm- anyhow I can't be idle. I am making rapid progress with my book on domesticated animals which I fear will be a big one & has been laborious from the number of references…