To László Dapsy 9 June 1873
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. ) my address [Leith Hill Place, Dorking.]
June 9th 73
Dear Sir
Absence from my home has prevented me answering your letter sooner.—1 I am very glad to hear that your Translation has so far progressed, & shall be much pleased to receive a copy.2 I am very sorry to say that I cannot aid you about an electro-type copy of any engraving of myself.— There is no good engraving in existence.
I could with pleasure send you a good photograph; if on my return home in a few days I hear that you desire to have one.—3
With my thanks & respect | I remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Is glad to hear LD’s translation [of Origin (1873–4)] progresses well.
Offers to send a photograph of himself.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8940
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Laszlo Dapsy
- Sent from
- Leith Hill Place
- Source of text
- DAR 96: 155
- Physical description
- A (L or Draft) S 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8940,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8940.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21