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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Karl Alberts   [after 9 February 1879]1

Dear Sir

I beg leave to return to you & to the Editors of Kosmos my most sincere th. for the unprecedented honour, which they have done me by publishing a [Geden....] in commemoration of my Birthday.—2 I hope also that you will express to Herr A. Fitger my acknowledgement for the remarkable poem which the ghost of Faust has addressed to me.3 I see that there is much in the number, which will naturally interest me greatly.— It is no small honour, that so distinguished a person as Prof Prey. shd have published a sketch of my life, & in casting my eye over the list of what I have published I am astonished at its completeness, & I could not myself without much labour & reflection have compiled so complete a list.4

With my repeated thanks for the honour conferred on me | I remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | C. D.

Footnotes

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Karl Alberts, 9 February 1879.
Alberts had sent CD a special issue of Kosmos with essays on CD’s life and work commemorating CD’s 70th birthday on 12 February 1879; see letter from Karl Alberts, 9 February 1879.
Arthur Fitger’s poem ‘Faust’s Schatten an Charles Darwin’ (Faust’s shade to Charles Darwin) appeared in Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 335–8.
William Preyer’s biographical sketch of CD included an extensive list of CD’s publications from 1837 to 1877 (Preyer 1879, pp. 346–9).

Bibliography

Preyer, William. 1879. Charles Darwin. Eine biographische Skizze. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 339–50.

Summary

Thanks KA and the other editors of Kosmos for the issue published in honour of his birthday. Sees there is much in it that will interest him greatly.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11867
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Karl Alberts
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 99: 95v
Physical description
ADraftS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11867,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11867.xml

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