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To Enrique Godínez   28 April 1876

Down, | Beckenham, kent. [6 Queen Anne Street, London.]

April 28th 1876.

Dear Sir:

I am much obliged for your etter of April 21th and for the present of your work and the Review.1 I shall be pleased and honoured to have my book translated in Spanish, by which means it may be Known in the large kingdom of Spain, and in the widest extended regions where spanish is spoken. I directed my publisher to send a copy of the Origin by post to you yesterday.2 No fasther authorisation is required than this note. I have nothing to add to the spanish edition, and will only add my sincere hopes that it may be sucersful.

I have the honour to remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The letter from Godínez, the work, and the review have not been found. In January 1876, Godínez had published his literature review of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s play ‘El mágico prodigioso’ (The mighty magician; Revista Contemporánea, 30 January 1876, pp. 471–9).
2
Godínez’s translation of Origin 6d ed. into Spanish was published in 1877 (Godínez trans. 1877). CD’s publisher was John Murray.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10481,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10481