From W. S. Dallas 17 March 1868
48 Burton Crescent | W.C.
17 March 1868.
My dear Sir
I got your letter at Taylor’s yesterday & although you seem doubtful on the subject I am really very glad to hear that you have completed your arrangements (so far) with regard to the Translation of Fritz Müller.—1 I have quite enough now on hand for the next six months & will therefore follow your advice & avoid undertaking anything more.—
I will get forward with the Translation as I have time to spare & hope to get it completed before we get F. Müller’s additions.—2
How would something equivalent to
“A lift
FOR DARWIN”
do for the Title page, putting the “lift” or other word small & the “for Darwin” in large type— It would retain the idea of Müller’s Title & at the same give the book an admissible English title, & would be better than putting German words on the title page of a translation—3
I am sure I need not say that I also was highly gratified at making the personal acquaintance of one for whom I have long entertained the greatest respect & admiration,4—or that I am your’s very truly | W. S. Dallas
C. Darwin Esq.
CD annotations
Footnotes
Summary
Will start translating Für Darwin. Suggests it be called "A Lift for Darwin".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6021
- From
- William Sweetland Dallas
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Burton Crescent, 48
- Source of text
- DAR 162: 19
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6021,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6021.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16