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To J. V. Carus   23 September 1878

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

Sep 23. 78

My dear Sir,

It is a mistake that either I or my son Francis intends publishing on inheritance.1 We have been at work for more than a year on some physiological work with plants but I daresay shall print nothing for a year to come. Whenever we do begin to print, proof sheets shall be sent, & you can then settle about translation.2

I cannot remember whether I have ever said so before, but assure you that I consider the edition of my collected works in German a very great honour.3

I received sometime ago a number of your new periodical, & I should think that it would be of very great use to all Zoological students. Should anything occur to me I will communicate with you, but this is unlikely as I am solely working at plants.4 This journal must I fear cost you great labour.

Believe me my dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

2
Movement in plants was published in 1880; Carus’s translation was Carus trans. 1881.
3
The complete collected edition of CD’s works in German, translated by Carus, was published by E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung of Stuttgart (Carus trans. 1875–87).
4
Carus’s new periodical was Zoologische Anzeiger; see letter from J. V. Carus, 21 September 1878 and n. 2. CD did not publish in it.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11704,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11704