My dear Sir

My Brother & self have read with great interest your sketch of the life of my Grandfather.—¹ The idea has crossed our minds to get a translation made & publish it, in order to do honour to our grandfather. But before thinking any more on the subject, I should be greatly obliged, if you would inform me whether you or the other Editors of Kosmos would object to our bringing out a translation.— If you grant your permission, & we decide to do so, we would endeavour to get M^r Dallas (who translated F. Müller ‘Fur Darwin’) to translate your essay, as he is an excellent German Scholar.—²

We sh^d. perhaps offer the translation to M^r. Morley for the Fortnightly Review (one of the best of our English Journals) but we doubt whether it would suit him.³ In this case we would publish it at our own expence as a separate little book.⁴

I hope that you will forgive me for troubling you with this request, & with cordial thanks for the honour which you have conferred on my grandfather, I remain | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin