From W. S. Dallas   15 July 1879

My dear Sir

I have to thank you for sending me the volumes of D^r. Erasmus Darwin’s works, which arrived safely yesterday.— I am now going steadily on with the Translation of D^r. Krause, &, having cleared everything else out of the way, shall push on rapidly.—¹ Within a fortnight I hope to let you have the whole MS.

I am struggling to get away for my holiday as soon as possible, but hardly expect to succeed before the 27^th. or 28^th., & then we are condemned to stay at Margate as being the most favourable place for our young daughter who has taken it into her head to get weakly & to have fainting fits, to the great alarm of her mother,—& indeed of all of us.—² I hope the change there will do her good, in which case we must not grumble, & indeed I am told by many people that in itself Margate is a very nice place.—

Hoping that you may derive much benefit from your trip to the Lake-district,³ | I am, | Yours very truly | W. S. Dallas

C. Darwin Esq