From:
Johan (Ykema) IJkema
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Aug 1872
Source of text:
DAR 167: 1
Summary:
Wishes to have Dutch publication rights for a translation of Expression.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Wishes to have Dutch publication rights for a translation of Expression.
Has reported on the Naples Zoological Station to BAAS meeting at Brighton. Hopes to open it in January. Is at work building up the library by contributions from publishers and naturalists.
Deplores Wallace’s "drifting away" and his association with such men as H. C. Bastian.
Disbelieves in ascidians as our ancestors. Has a substitute he is sure will please CD.
Has ordered printing of 2000 sets of illustrations [for Expression] for Murray’s and informed D. Appleton of price per thousand. Has answered letter from Eduard Koch [of Schweizerbart]. Has also arranged for index.