To J. V. Carus 16 August [1868]1
Freshwater | I. of Wight.
Sunday Aug 16
My dear Sir
You will see by the address above that I am not at home & I regret extremely to have missed your visit.2
My health lately has been very indifferent & we came to this place for a change, but it has not done me much good.
We return home on Friday night & if you could spare time, after the British Assoc, to pay me a visit I should be delighted to see you.3
I have heard that the second part of my book is now published in Germany & I dare say that a copy of it is at Down; but I have not seen it as yet.4 I shall always feel greatly indebted to you for the honour which you have done me in translating it & for the great care which you have taken in making the translation accurate.
With sincere respect & thanks I remain | my dear Sir | yours very truly | Charles Darwin
P.S. I have some scruples in asking you to come so far to see me as owing to my health I can only converse for a short time, nevertheless I must repeat how very glad I shd be to see you
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Regrets having missed JVC’s visit. CD’s health is poor. He hopes JVC will come to Down after BAAS meeting.
Has heard second part [of Variation] is out in German. Thanks JVC for his great care in making translation accurate.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6317
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Julius Victor Carus
- Sent from
- Freshwater
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 25–26)
- Physical description
- LS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6317,” accessed on 30 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6317.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
