To Ernst Krause   29 July 1880

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

July 29th. 1880

My dear Sir

It was very kind of you to send me the two articles; but it so happens that I had seen both. I did not think much of Zockler’s as it appeared to me like a mere robbery of your book. The article in the Revue seemed to me very nicely done.—1

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

There have been many interesting articles of late in Kosmos; & this reminds me to say, what I had intended before to say, that I ought to pay for this Journal. It is not fair to the Publisher that I shd. go on receiving them gratuitously.—2 Will you give him my cordial & sincere thanks for his kindness, & ask him to send me a memorandum of cost for the current & next year, & I will send cheque for both.—

C.D

P.S. I have not yet heard from Mr. Murray whether there is any profit from your Book, but ‘vehementer dubito’.3

1
See letter from Ernst Krause, 27 July 1880 and nn. 3–5. Otto Zöckler drew heavily on Erasmus Darwin for his account of CD’s grandfather in Zöckler 1880. For the review in Revue scientifique de la France et de l’étranger, see Ferrari 1880.
2
The publisher of Kosmos was Karl Alberts.
3
CD’s publisher, John Murray, had not yet reported profits on Erasmus Darwin. Vehementer dubito: I doubt very much (Latin).

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