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From W. S. Dallas   13 September 1879

Geological Society, | Burlington House, W.

13 Sepr. 1879

Dear Mr. Darwin

I write a few lines in great haste to acknowledge the receipt of your letter with the accompanying packet of MS. & proof.— The latter I will go through carefully & shall be guided by circumstances as to the best course to adopt with regard to Dr. Krause’s proofs.—1 All the quotations were most carefully copied so that there will, I think, be no necessity for any reference to the originals.— All your suggestions I will bear in mind & will send the proof to Clowes as soon as possible.—2 The German MS. I will send to Dr. Krause as soon as I have gone through the proof—

Believe me | Yours very truly | W. S. Dallas

1
CD’s letter to Dallas has not been found. Dallas had translated a revised essay by Ernst Krause for Erasmus Darwin (see letter to Ernst Krause, 3 September [1879]). See also letter from W. S. Dallas, 28 August 1879.
2
Krause’s essay contained extensive quotations from Erasmus Darwin’s works. William Clowes & Sons were John Murray’s printers. Murray was CD’s publisher.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12228,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12228