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To Smith, Elder & Co.   20 April [1876]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

April 20th

Dear Sir

Prof. Victor Carus wishes to translate into German my volume on “Volcanic Islands” & that on “S. America”. He says that he cannot procure a copy; but I remember you telling me about a year ago, that you had plenty of copies.— Will you be so kind as to inform me whether you have a copy of each so that I may inform Herr. Koch, the publisher.—2

Begging that you will excuse my troubling you I remain | Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Postmark: AP 20 ⁠⟨⁠7⁠⟩⁠6

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 16 April 1876.
2
See letter from J. V. Carus, 16 April 1876. Volcanic islands and South America, parts of CD’s geological observations on the Beagle voyage, were published by Smith, Elder & Co. in 1844 and 1846 respectively. Eduard Koch was head of CD’s German publisher, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10459,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10459