To Ernst Krause   16 June [1879]1

I will keep your letter & attend to your suggestions as far as possible— I can judge of nothing till I have seen the translation of your M.S. & you have seen my Proof-sheets. There is plenty of time, as Mr Dallas translates slowly—2 My publisher, Murray, generally objects strongly to bring out any book before the beginning of November—3 Pray excuse brevity, as I have many letters to write

C Darwin

June 16th— Down

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Ernst Krause, 13 June 1879.
2
See letter from Ernst Krause, 13 June 1879. Krause had revised his essay on Erasmus Darwin (Krause 1879a); it was being translated by William Sweetland Dallas for the English edition, Erasmus Darwin.
3
Erasmus Darwin was published in November 1879 (letter from Reginald Darwin, 12 November 1879). On John Murray’s November sale dinners, see Murray 1908–9, p. 540.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12111G,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12111G