To J. V. Carus 26 December [1877]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Dec. 26
My dear Sir
Owing to the disturbance of our P. Office at Xmas, I received only tonight your note of the 23d.— It is clear that either I or the Printers have omitted accidentally “from a mare”.—2 You are the most accurate of Translators that ever lived.—
I return with much sincerity your good wishes, & may your life long be spared | Yours very truly | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 23 December 1877.
See letter from J. V. Carus, 23 December 1877 and n. 1.
Summary
Thanks JVC for a correction [for 3d German edition of Variation]. He is the most accurate translator that ever lived.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11289
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Julius Victor Carus
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 174–175)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11289,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11289.xml
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