To C.-F. Reinwald 2 September [1879]1
Down
2 September
[Sends ‘the 2 first sheets’ of his ‘notice of Erasmus Darwin’, promising to send the rest in a few days, and referring to the current printing of Dr Krause’s article and cost of 1,000 copies]2
[…]Until you receive all you & Mr Bastien will not be able to judge whether the little book will be worth translating. I shall be pleased if it is translated. My notice is only 127 pages, & that of Dr Krause, I Conjecture about 100 pages[…]3
[…] copy of a picture of Dr. D. & I will when I hear inform you of cost of 1000 copies.—4
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Summary
Until C-FR sees the whole of Erasmus Darwin, he cannot decide if it is worth translating into French.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12214F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (catalogue LN7755, 11 December 1997)
- Physical description
- inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12214F,” accessed on
