From C.-F. Reinwald1 13 September 1872
Genève
13 Sept 1872
Monsieur Ch Darwin
Cher Monsieur
Je vous écris de Genève où m’a appelé la maladie de M. Moulinié,2 le traducteur de vos ouvrages.
Le pauvre M. Moulinié est bien malade et le sera malheureusement encore pur quelque temps. J’ai pu pourtant m’arranger avec lui pour pouvoir faire acheverl’impression du second Volume de la Descendance de l’homme, et celle de l’Origine des Espèces, qui l’une et l’autre étaient arrivées jusqu’à la composition des Tables de Matière.3
M. Moulinié m’a également remis votre lettre du 18 Aoüt, dont il n’avait pu me donner connaissance et qui a trait au nouvel ouvrage sur l Expression des Emotions chez lhomme et les Animaux.4
J’aurai lhonneur de repondre à votre lettre dès que je serai de retour a Paris, ce qui aura lieu lundi ou mardi prochain
Veuillez bien agréer en attendant | cher Monsieur, l’expression de mes sentiments les plus distingués | C Reinwald & Ce
To Ch. Darwin Esq. Down, Kent
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Translation
From C.-F. Reinwald1 13 September 1872
Geneva
13 Sept 1872
Mr Ch Darwin
Dear Sir
I am writing from Geneva, where I have been called by the illness of Mr. Moulinié,2 the translator of your work.
Poor Mr. Moulinié is very ill and unfortunately will continue to be so for some time. However, I have been able to reach an agreement with him in order to finish the printing of the second Volume of Descent of man, and that of Origin of Species, both of which had reached the composition of the Indexes.3
Mr. Moulinié has also given me your letter of 18 August, which he had not been able to communicate to me and which makes reference to the new work on the Expression of the Emotions in man and the Animals.4
I shall have the honour of replying to your letter as soon as I have returned to Paris, which will be next Monday or Tuesday
In the meantime, I remain | Dear Sir, yours faithfully | C Reinwald & Co
To Ch. Darwin Esq. Down, Kent
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
J. J. Moulinié is ill in Geneva, but translations of Origin and Descent progress.
Will undertake to publish translation of Expression.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8520
- From
- Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Geneva
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 94
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp (French)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8520,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8520.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
