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From Karl Alberts   9 February 1879

Wiesbaden,

den 9 Februar 1879

Most honoured Sir!

I beg in the name of all the Editors of the periodical “Kosmos”, so kindly favoured by you, to be allowed to offer in the enclosed number our most sincere and respectful congratulations for the approaching festival so significant to us all.1

May you long be preserved to us for the benefit of science and as a noble example of self-sacrificing zeal for the good of mankind.

With the highest respect and veneration | I remain | in the name of the Editors | Karl Alberts

1
Alberts was the publisher of Kosmos. The editors were Otto Caspari, Gustav Jäger, and Ernst Krause, but from April 1879, Krause was the sole editor. The February 1879 issue (Kosmos 4: 335–437) contained essays on CD’s life and work to mark the occasion of his 70th birthday on 12 February 1879.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11866,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11866