To Eduard Koch   4 November 1869

Down, Beckenham | Kent [6 Queen Anne Street, London]

Nov. 4th. 1869

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for Dr. Dub’s work which I received two or three days ago.1 When next you communicate with Dr. Dub will you be so good as to say to him that I congratulate him on the completion of the work, & that I shall hope soon to read the greater part of it.

I have already written to Prof. Victor Carus on the subject of my new book & told him all that I could.2

I am glad to hear of the new edition of the Origin;3 I sent some time ago the new English edition to Prof. Carus; & the corrections will cost him a good deal of labour, for although the book is only a page or two longer I have struck out many passages & added others.4

Believe me, dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The references are to Julius Dub and Dub 1870; see letter from Eduard Koch, 30 October 1869. There is a copy of Dub 1870 in the Darwin Library–Down.
3
The reference is to the German translation of the fifth English edition of Origin (Bronn and Carus trans. 1870); see letter from Eduard Koch, 30 October 1869.
4
CD sent the fifth English edition of Origin to Carus on 21 June (see letter to J. V. Carus, 21 June [1869]). See also letter to J. V. Carus, 4 May 1869.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6969,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6969