My dear Sir

It is very kind of you to give me hints.— I can decide on nothing as yet, but I get more & more inclined to publish my notice after yours—leaving your Part unaltered or very little altered.²

I think that I shall condense & omit parts of my notice, & perhaps alter arrangement, so that you had better not waste time in Translating at present.—³ In England we like a simple Title—perhaps as follows.

Life of

Erasmus Darwin

by

D^r. Ernst Krause

with a supplementary notice

by

Charles Darwin⁴

If after due reflexion it seems to me & my family the best plan that my notice should follow your article, surely no one can blame you for translating in same order as it appears in England.—

As soon as I receive the whole translation from M^r. Dallas, I will set to work & get corrected proofs of my part & send them to you.⁵

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P.S. I feel sure that your article is much more interesting than mine & this is another good reason for its precedence.