From Marinko Radovanović 30 August 1878
Belgrad,
Augst. 30, 1878.
Dear Sir,
You were so extremely kind as to authorize my son Milan M. Radovanovitch to translate your “Origin of the Species”, and now it becomes my painful duty to apprise you the heavy blow I have experienced by his death.1 He expired on 2 june last, in his 29th. year.
What a subject for tears, and what a loss my heart mourns over, good God!
The last moments of my son were consecrated to the correction of the last proofs of the Serbian edition of your work. As you have been pleased to take interest into his translation, I take the liberty of sending you a copie of it.
Please to accept the hommage of the profound respect with which I have the honour to be, Sir, | Yours most respectfully, | Marinko Radovanovitch
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
His son, the Serbian translator of the Origin, has died.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11681
- From
- Marinko Radovanović
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Belgrade
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 1
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11681,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11681.xml
