To Ernst Krause 3 September [1879]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Sept 3d
My dear Sir
Pray do whatever you think best in the German edition; & I can add in the Preface to English Edition that parts omitted.— I have always thought your article very well done & more interesting than mine.—2
I send (Registered) your original & the translation of the parts which I have not used; & I have marked with pencil the few errors which I have found.— If, as I suppose, there is a French edition, perhaps the French may like to translate your additions, so please have an additional set of proofs printed.—3
I sent 2 days ago the 2 first sheets of my notice to Friederick St. as you directed.
I will attend to your instructions for the future.—
It will be necessary for you to read the Eng. Translation of your Article when in Proof, for Mr. Dallas could not read some words.—4
I suppose that you received safely your ‘History of Evolution’5
In Haste to catch Post | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
P.S. | I cannot send the few first pages of your M.S. as Mr Dallas told me that he shd. require them in correcting the Translation; but they shall be sent as soon as he has corrected first sheet.—
Footnotes
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.
Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424.
Krause, Ernst. 1880. Erasmus Darwin und seine Stellung in der Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie von Ernst Krause. Mit seinem Lebens- und Charakterbilde von Charles Darwin. Leipzig: Ernst Günther.
Summary
Urges EK to do as he thinks best about German edition of Erasmus Darwin. CD sends original of EK’s essay and translation of parts he has not used.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12216
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36193)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12216,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12216.xml