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To C.-F. Reinwald   2 September [1879]1

Down

2 September

[Sends ‘the 2 first sheets’ of his ‘notice of Erasmus Darwin’, promising to send the rest in a few days, and referring to the current printing of Dr Krause’s article and cost of 1,000 copies]2

[…]Until you receive all you & Mr Bastien will not be able to judge whether the little book will be worth translating. I shall be pleased if it is translated. My notice is only 127 pages, & that of Dr Krause, I Conjecture about 100 pages[…]3

[…] copy of a picture of Dr. D. & I will when I hear inform you of cost of 1000 copies.—4

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to C.-F. Reinwald, 11 September 1879.
2
Reinwald had expressed an interest in publishing a French translation of Erasmus Darwin (see letter to Ernst Krause, 5 [May] 1879).
3
This paragraph has been taken from a transcription in the catalogue entry; ‘Mr Bastien’ is an incorrect transcription of ‘Mr Barbier’. Edmond Barbier had translated a number of CD’s works into French. Erasmus Darwin included a biographical sketch by CD (pp. 1–127) and a translation of an essay by Ernst Krause (pp. 131–216).
4
A portrait was used as the frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin (see letter from V. H. Darwin, 4 April 1879, n. 3). This incomplete sentence and the valediction have been transcribed from a photograph in the sale catalogue.

Bibliography

Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.

Summary

Until C-FR sees the whole of Erasmus Darwin, he cannot decide if it is worth translating into French.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12214F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Sotheby’s (dealers) (catalogue LN7755, 11 December 1997)
Physical description
inc

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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12214F,” accessed on 11 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12214F.xml

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