From J. V. Carus   21 September 1878

My dear Sir,

Herr Koch writes me, that there is a rumour going about that you are preparing a new book on the Power of Inheritance. Although we have now completed our edition of your “Collected Works”, we should be most happy, if we could bring out this new one in German.¹ Herr Koch wants me particularly to tell you, that in the case, your Son Mr Francis Darwin was the author, he would be equally happy to get it for publication in Germany.

From the 1^st. of July I am publishing a small zoological periodical, the Zoologische Anzeiger, of which I beg to send you two proof-numbers. My object is, to give a view of the current litterature and every sort of new important notices. I am happy to say that I found everywhere amongst the fellow-Zoologists a most hearty welcome, and although I have a good deal of work with it, yet I found very kind help from all sides. I intend to publish short original notes, which the colleagues will kindly entrust to me, besides in German, also in the other three principal European languages, French, English and Italian. So, if you should have a few lines, I should be proud of bringing them out.²

I hope your health is satisfactory.

A kind answer would oblige me exceedingly | Believe me| Yours ever most sincerely | J. Victor Carus