From J. V. Carus 14 July 1872
Leipzig,
July 14th. 1872
My dear Sir,
You would oblige me exceedingly if you would kindly let me know, if your Essay on Expression will be published soon.1 In consequence of an illness of my children and my wife,2 who overworked herself in nursing them, and as I am myself rather knocked up, I am sent by the doctors to some place to regain strength for all of us. Before that I must be present at our Naturalists’ Meeting here in Leipzig, so that I cannot go before the 18th. of August.3 If I could do some of the translation before that term, it would be very nice.
We are now printing the new edition of the Origin. I rather think you are going a little too far in Mr Mivart’s objections. As far as I know it did very little harm here in Germany.4
In a very short time I shall send you a copy of my History of Zoology which is finished now, I am happy to say.5 You will see I had to go into very strange details.
Believe me, | My dear Sir, | Yours ever sincerely, | J. Victor Carus
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bronn, Heinrich Georg and Carus, Julius Victor, trans. 1872. Über die Entstehung der Arten: durch natürliche Zuchtwahl oder die Erhaltung der begünstigen Rassen im Kampfe um’s Dasein. By Charles Darwin. 5th edition (from the English 6th edition). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung (E. Koch).
Carus, Julius Victor. 1872a. Geschichte der Zoologie bis auf Joh. Müller und Charl. Darwin. Munich: R. Oldenbourg.
Carus, Julius Victor, trans. 1872b. Der Ausdruck der Gemüthsbewegungen bei dem Menschen und den Thieren. By Charles Darwin. (German translation of Expression.) Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Mivart, St George Jackson. 1871a. On the genesis of species. London: Macmillan and Co.
Mivart, St George Jackson. 1871b. On the genesis of species. 2d edition. London and New York: Macmillan and Co.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Asks whether he can start soon on translating Expression.
Thinks CD has gone a little too far on St G. J. Mivart’s objection, which he thinks did very little harm in Germany.
JVC’s history of zoology is finished [Geschichte der Zoologie bis auf Joh. Müller und Charl. Darwin (1872)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8409
- From
- Julius Victor Carus
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Leipzig
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 82
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8409,” accessed on 3 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8409.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
