To J. V. Carus 18 August 1870
Down.| Beckenham | Kent. S.E. [Bassett, Southampton]
Aug 18 1870
My dear Sir
I have just sent the MS. of my new book to the printers, & corrected proofs will be ready in about a month’s time.1 I have thought it best to inform you of this, but under present circumstances your publisher will of course have given up all idea of bringing out a German translation.2 Nevertheless I may inform you that the book will consist of two volumes of the size & type of my Origin of Species, each containing a little over 400 pages.3
What a dreadful misfortune for science is the present war! but I cannot express too strongly how I rejoice at the wonderful success of Germany, & I have not hitherto met a single person who has not entirely participated in this feeling.4
My dear Sir | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
The title of my book is “The Descent of Man & Selection in relation to sex”—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Wawro, Geoffrey. 2003. The Franco-Prussian war: the German conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Summary
Has just sent MS of Descent to printers. Recognises that [because of Franco-Prussian War] the publisher will have given up idea of a German translation.
Though the war is a misfortune for science, CD rejoices at the wonderful success of Germany; has met no one who does not share this feeling.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7305
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Julius Victor Carus
- Sent from
- Bassett Down letterhead
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 60–61)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7305,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7305.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
