To Ernst Krause 21 April 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
April 21st 1880
My dear Sir
I have been very glad to receive the German Translation. It is excellently got up & looks a good deal better than the English edition.1 I rejoice that all your labour is now over, & I wish most sincerely for your sake & for that of the Publisher that the sale may be fairly good; but from the poor sale of the English Edit. I am fearful.2 From what I can see by turning over the pages I do not doubt that you have added much to the value of the little book by your Addenda.—3
That is a very curious passage about Hippocrates.4 A very favourable review has just appeared in the U. States in the Nation, one of the best of the Literary Journals; but I have heard nothing about the sale there.5 In conclusion allow me to thank you cordially for your uniform & most kind consideration for every one of my wishes, & in a still higher degree for having placed my grandfather’s merits on a sure & lasting foundation.
Believe me my dear Sir, yours ever | Very sincerely | Charles Darwin
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. 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
Glad to receive the German edition of Erasmus Darwin. Hopes sales will be good. Favourable review has appeared in the United States, in the Nation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12586
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36205)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp & ADraft 1p inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12586,” accessed on 2 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12586.xml
