To Arnold Dodel-Port 15 June 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
June 15 1878
Dear Sir
I have received your letter & the kind present of the Atlas. The drawings are magnificent, & in those cases in which I can judge, faithful. The work wd be quite invaluable to any one who has to lecture. If any one applies to me (my son is at Würzburg) I will recommend the publication of the work in England, in the strongest possible terms.1
I cannot give any other aid as on account of my health I live a most retired life. London publishers seldom publish translations of continental works, & why this shd be so I cannot explain. As your work is an educational one, the greatest of the London publishers, Messrs Longman & Co, wd perhaps take it up.2
I am really ashamed that you shd have sent me so many fine plates; & I hope that you will allow me to become a regular subscriber to the work.
I heartily wish that it may be successful & I remain dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
P.S. Very few English persons can read the German character, & my daughter3 had great difficulty in decyphering your letter.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Dodel-Port, Arnold and Dodel-Port, Carolina. 1880–3. Handbook to … Anatomical & physiological atlas of botany for use in schools and colleges. 7 pts. Text translated and edited by D. M’Alpine. Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston.
Summary
Thanks AD-P for his magnificent Atlas; hopes it will find an English publisher. Suggests Longman & Co.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11554
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Arnold Dodel-Port
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Zentralbibliothek, Zürich (Ms. Z VIII 417.2)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11554,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11554.xml