My dear Sir

My preliminary notice has long been corrected & ready for press; & M^r Dallas has long had first proofs of Krause’s part, but there has been delay about the latter as K. was away from home & M^r Dallas wanted him to read over the Translation. I heard, however, this morning from Krause that he has returned proofs to M^r. D. who will now merely have to look at Revises.²

Title-Page & Preface all complete.— The Autotype Portrait is all ready to be printed off.—³ Really my opinion is worth nothing, but if I had published the book on commission, I sh^d have printed off only 1000 copies.—⁴ I am very glad that type will be kept up. Will you kindly give order for stereotype plates of type & 2 woodcuts for M^ess Appleton of New York. They will arrange about the Portrait—⁵

With respect to advertisement, it does not agree with Title, but it is perhaps better, as giving better notion of what the little book is; but you must decide whether it is too great a departure from Title: I give Title on Back⁶

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Erasmus Darwin

by

Ernest Krause

translated by W. D. Dallas

with a preliminary Notice

by

Charles Darwin

To Krause’s part there is a fly-title

The Scientific Works

of

Erasmus Darwin