From W. S. Dallas 19 August 1868
Yorkshire Philosophical Society | York
19 Aug. 1868.
My dear Sir
Your letter with its enclosure has arrived quite safely,—it will make our translation a little more like a new edition.—1
“Darwinism tested by Carcinology” might form a second title for the work, such as they used to have to all novels.—2 “Für Darwin” might stand as a distinct line at the top of the title page, cut off by a line from the English title, but I don’t like combining the two languages by means of a conjunction.—
I am working very hard at my Record just now, & expect to have it quite off my hands by the end of the month,3—when I shall resume Fritz Müller & hope to finish him quickly.— I have had my share of work for the last few years & begin to feel it, especially in the eyes.—
I shall hope to hear better accounts of your health when you next write, Meanwhile | Believe me | Your’s always truly | W. S. Dallas.
The German Entomologists are becoming Darwinists,—there is a very nice article by Kiesenwetter in Berliner entom. Zeitschrift 1867.—4
C. Darwin Esqr
Footnotes
Bibliography
Kiesenwetter, Hellmuth von. 1867. Entomologische Beiträge zur Beurtheilung der Darwin’schen Lehre von der Entstehung der Arten. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 11: 327–49.
Summary
The material [from F. Müller] makes the translation more like a new edition.
German entomologists are becoming Darwinists.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6325
- From
- William Sweetland Dallas
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Yorks. Philos. Soc., York
- Source of text
- DAR 162: 22
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6325,” accessed on 17 August 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6325.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16