From Louis Rérolle 15 June 1870
Lyon,
15 June 1870
Sir,
I am happy to inform you that the French translation of your book on the fertilisation of Orchids is published, and I have requested Mr Reinwald, the publisher, to send you immediately a copy, which I gratefully beg you to accept.1
I have not had the honour to write to you since a long time about this publication, which required a little time more than had been formerly supposed;2 it is now completed, and I feel highly gratified to have been the means of presenting your valuable work to the French public; I feel convinced that, if my translation is not too inferior, I have done a useful thing in making my countrymen acquainted with another of your works;3 your approbation alone is wanting to complete my satisfaction.
Should you desire to present a few copies to any friends of yours, I shall feel most happy to send you some.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obliged and respectful servant | Louis Rérolle
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
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.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
French translation of Orchids is published.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7234
- From
- Louis Rérolle
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Lyons
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 132
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7234,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7234.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18