From W. S. Dallas 18 October 1879
Geological Society, | Burlington House, W.
18 Oct. 1879
My dear Mr. Darwin
I was so much occupied all day yesterday that I could not answer your kind note at once, as I ought to have done— I also am very glad that the work is at last finished, for it has been hanging about for a long time.—1
As regards the money matters I hardly know what to say.— I think I estimated the translation of the article originally printed in “Kosmos’ at £15, & I suppose I did a good deal more than that, although you have hardly made use of so much.—2 £20 would probably be a fair payment all things considered,—but if this is more than you choose to afford we can revert to the original sum.— I hope to be allowed to have a copy of the whole book when published to take its place with other writings of yours on my shelf.—3
With kind regards | Believe me | Yours very truly | W. S. Dallas
Footnotes
Summary
Suggests £20 as a fair payment for his work on Erasmus Darwin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12263
- From
- William Sweetland Dallas
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Geological Society
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 129–30
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12263,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12263.xml