From W. S. Dallas   18 August 1879

My dear M^r. Darwin

I arrived here late on Saturday & found that my son had written for the small portion of D^r. Krause’s original matter which I had brought here to finish, & at the same time mentioned that from some expressions used in your letter, he inferred that you had not received the whole of my MS. translation.— I sent the MS. off on the 6^th. August, in two packets registered, so that I hope there is no ground for my son’s apprehensions.—¹

I also hope that the translation is satisfactory, although of course it will want a little polishing as it goes through the press, the difficulty of merely reading the MS. German being often considerable.

My son has I hope before now sent you the two or three quotations, from Monboddo & Craik which I was unable to get at before I left town, but if the work as it stands is, as he says, much too lengthy, probably these will be among the things cut out.—²

I shall be very glad to hear from you if you can find time to write a few lines.—

Yours very truly | W. S. Dallas

C. Darwin Esq