From W. S. Dallas 28 February 1868
York Museum
28 Feb. 1868.
My dear Sir
Very many thanks for your kind present of your second edition,—1 it is a charming book & I shall always see it with pleasure.—
I am glad you are satisfied with the Translation from Piderit,— I endeavoured to make it as literal as possible, & have introduced variations or second readings here & there, especially when I had occasion to depart a little from the very words of the original—2
I will bring Müller’s book to town with me when I come up, which I hope to do next Wednesday.—3 I intend staying in town for 3 weeks,— should you have occasion to write, letters sent to Taylor & Francis will always find me.—4
I should not, however, commence translating Müller while in town, as my hands will be particularly full, & there is no hurry, if the author is to be communicated with.—
The Index is so voluminous a portion of your second vol. that the wonder is that only one reviewer should have taken notice of it,—but it was to my mind still more surprising that Mr. Murray did not object to its extent.—5 If you & he are satisfied it is enough for me.—
Believe me | My dear Sir | Your’s very truly | W. S. Dallas.
Chas Darwin Esq
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Piderit, Theodor. 1867. Wissenschaftliches System der Mimik und Physiognomik. Detmold: Klingenberg’sche Buchhandlung.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks CD for second issue of Variation.
Is glad CD is satisfied with his translation of Piderit.
Will not start on Müller [Für Darwin] until CD has communicated with the author.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5955
- From
- William Sweetland Dallas
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- York Museum
- Source of text
- DAR 162: 17
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5955,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5955.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16