To Karl Alberts 16 September 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Sep 16. 1879
Dear Sir,
I am much obliged for your letter, & hope that the little book may sell fairly well in Germany.1 As I was in communication with Mons Reinwald, I asked Dr Krause whether he would object to French & American editions, appearing to which he agreed.2 M. Reinwald proposed to bring out an edition, but I do not positively know that he keeps to his decision. He has published translations of all my books and gives me a percentage on the profit; and this if any I intended to hand over to Dr Krause. It therefore makes no difference to me who publishes the French edition, excepting that I consider myself pledged in honour to give my Notice to M. Reinwald.
I always supply Messrs Appleton with stereotype plates of the type & they give me a percentage of the profits which I likewise intend to hand over to Dr Krause.3 I have informed Dr Krause of the cost of the autotype portrait: cliches of the two woodblocks will cost only a trifle.4
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
P.S. I will write by this post to M. Reinwald, & tell him what I have said to you5
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.
Erasmus Darwin US ed.: Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1880.
Summary
Explains his arrangements with Messrs Reinwald in France and Appleton in America, if they were to publish his work on Erasmus Darwin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12232F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Karl Alberts
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Erbengemeinschaft Alberts (private collection)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12232F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12232F.xml