To Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen   28 January [1873]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Jan 28 187[3]

Dear Sir

I am glad that you have appended the notes to your translation, & am much pleased that the original interested you.2

Many thanks for your kindness in having sent me an abstract of your notes.3

Whenever a new English edit. is required, which will not be soon, as 9000 copies have been printed, I will carefully reconsider your notes.4 I fear, however, that I shall have difficulty in seeing in England some of the articles to which you refer. I sincerely hope that your translation may be successful, & pray accept my thanks for all your kindness.

Believe me | dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The year is confirmed by the reference to Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen trans. 1873 (see n. 2, below). This letter has been transcribed from a photocopy. The year in the letter appears to have been altered from 1872 to 1873.
2
Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen had translated Expression into Dutch (Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen trans. 1873).
3
For the notes, see Correspondence vol. 21, letter from Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, [1873?]. This letter should now be dated [before 28 January 1873].
4
A second edition of Expression was produced by Francis Darwin in 1890.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11337A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11337A