To J. V. Carus 9 November [1869]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Nov. 9th
My dear Sir
I write a line to thank you for your letter & say how very glad I am to hear that I was partly mistaken about the Professorship.—2 What you say does not make the slightest differences in my wishes.—3
Herr. Hoffmann of Stuttgart has applied to me, since I wrote to you, for the right of Translation.— I have simply told Herr Koch that I had communicated with you on the subject of my next book, & it will rest with you to decide whether to prefer him.—4
In Haste | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Glad to hear the news about the professorship was partly erroneous, but still wishes JVC to have the rights to translate [Descent]. Has written to Herr Koch [of Schweizerbart], but not in such a way as to commit JVC to publish with him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6981
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Julius Victor Carus
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 48–49)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6981,” accessed on 4 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6981.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
