From W. S. Dallas 8 May 1879
Geological Society, | Burlington House, W.
8 May 1879
My dear Sir
Dr. Krauss in his letter to me says he is unaccustomed to what he calls “das Englischschreiben” & asks me to look to the orthography of his English quotations.—1 On looking a little further into his MS. last night, after sending off my letter to you, I found that it is not only the orthography that is defective, but that he every now & then omits important words.— The principal work quoted from, I think, is Miss Seward’s life of Dr. Darwin,— have you a copy of this? & could you oblige me with the loan of it for the time while this translation is in progress—2 I don’t know where I can get it, or I would not trouble you.
Believe me | Yours very truly | W. S. Dallas
C. Darwin Esq.
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.
Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424.
Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson.
Summary
Has difficulty with E. Krause’s orthography and quotations.
Asks CD to lend him Anna Seward’s biography [Memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin (1804)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12039
- From
- William Sweetland Dallas
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Geological Society
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 104–5
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12039,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12039.xml
