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To Eduard Koch   30 April 1881

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

April 30th. 1881

Dear Sir

I am obliged for the copy of my Movements of Plants, which is much better got up than the English edition.— I am very sorry to hear about Prof. Carus’ health.—1

I have long thought Kosmos an admirable Journal & I rejoice that it is to be continued, with, as I hope, increased success.—2

I thank you for sending it to me & remain, Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
No letter from Koch on this subject has been found. Julius Victor Carus had translated Movement in plants for the German edition (Carus trans. 1881), published by E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, of which Koch was the head. For more on Carus’s health, see the letter to J. V. Carus, 23 March 1881 and n. 4.
2
The future of the German journal Kosmos had been thrown in doubt when the publisher, Karl Alberts, decided to sell it. E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung took it over in 1881; see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from Ernst Krause, 26 November 1880 and n. 4.

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0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13141,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13141