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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Ernst Krause   15 September 1879

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Sep 15. 1879

My dear Sir,

I quite agree to what you propose, & I cannot see any objection to the title as it now stands.1 Whenever I receive the sheets with the additions, they shall be sent to Paris. But I do not yet know positively that there will be a French translation; Mr Reinwald & M. Barbier the translator both said that a translation should be published, but I advised them not to decide until they had looked at the original.2

As I am so poor a german Scholar I will not read over your sheets.

All the remaining sheets of my preliminary notice have been sent to Karl Alberts.3 I will write to Mr Dallas4 & tell him that you would like to see his translation, & will ask him to send the sheets to K. Alberts as, if I understand rightly, that will be your address until Oct 1.

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P.S. | I have now ascertained that the autotype of Dr Darwin will cost £7 per 1000 copies, if printed the same size as my book which is demi-octavo; but if larger they will cost £7–17–6 or £8–2–6 per 10005

Footnotes

Edmond Barbier. CD had sent a copy of the proof-sheets of Erasmus Darwin to the publisher Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald (see letter to C.-F. Reinwald, 11 September 1879).
The Autotype Company produced the frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 11 September 1879 and n. 1).

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

Agrees to EK’s proposals [for publishing Erasmus Darwin]. Will send sheets to Paris, but is not sure there will be a French translation.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12231
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Sent from
Down
Source of text
The Huntington Library (HM 36194)
Physical description
LS 4pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12231,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12231.xml

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