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From Emile Alglave1   21 June 1877

Revue | politique et littéraire | Revue | scientifique | Paris, Auteuil, villa de la Réunion | 91 Rue de la Municipalité

le 21 juin 1877

Cher monsieur

J’apprends que vous devez publier ⁠⟨⁠34 line missing⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠le 1er juillet2 ⁠⟨⁠34 line missing⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠lant c⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠12 page missing⁠⟩⁠ commencer l’impression de vos Coral Reefs, qui seront publiés avec un certain luxe3

votre bien devoué | Em Alglave

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CD annotations

0.1 Revue ... scientifique] crossed pencil
0.4 Cher ... publier 1.1] crossed pencil
Top of letter: ‘(Copy of my paper in Mind)’ blue crayon, del pencil
1
For a translation of this letter, see Appendix I.
2
The missing portion of the letter contained a request to publish a French translation of CD’s article ‘Biographical sketch of an infant’; the article had been submitted to Mind in April 1877 and was published in July (see letter to G. C. Robertson, 24 June [1877]). The French translation appeared in Revue scientifique de la France et de l’étranger, 14 July 1877, pp. 25–8.
3
Alglave refers to the French translation of Coral reefs 2d ed. that was published in 1878 by Germer-Baillière (Cosserat trans. 1878; see letter to Smith, Elder & Co, 7 March 1877).

From Emile Alglave1   21 June 1877

Revue | politique et littéraire | Revue | scientifique | Paris, Auteuil, villa de la Réunion | 91 Rue de la Municipalité

21 June 1877

Dear sir

I learn that you must publish ⁠⟨⁠34 line missing⁠⟩⁠the 1st July2 ⁠⟨⁠34 line missing⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠12 page missing⁠⟩⁠ to begin the printing of your Coral Reefs, which will be published with a certain luxury3

yours truly | Em Alglave

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1
For a transcription of the this letter in its original French, see Transcript.
2
The missing portion of the letter contained a request to publish a French translation of CD’s article ‘Biographical sketch of an infant’; the article had been submitted to Mind in April 1877 and was published in July (see letter to G. C. Robertson, 24 June [1877]). The French translation appeared in Revue scientifique de la France et de l’étranger, 14 July 1877, pp. 25–8.
3
Alglave refers to the French translation of Coral reefs 2d ed. that was published in 1878 by Germer-Baillière (Cosserat trans. 1878; see letter to Smith, Elder & Co, 7 March 1877).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11010,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11010