To V. O. Kovalevsky   10 August [1872]

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Aug 10th

My dear Sir

It is no trouble to me to write short notes. I sent off duplicates this morning of 2 finally corrected sheets; & shall soon be able to send more.—1

There is a difficulty about the Heliotype Coy. as they want to charge far more than their printed estimate; & I do not know how we shall agree, but I will inform you as soon as I hear.2

We leave home for 8 days on Tuesday morning, as I am quite done up.—3

My book will now be finished very soon.—4

I am sorry to say that I have never even heard of the book to which you refer.5

Before you leave England pray come & lunch or dine here; I shall be most happy to see you.—6

Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

P.S. I see I have forgotten to say, that the sole verbal agreement which I wish to make with you is that you shall give me some moderate percentage of any clear profits which you may make.—

Postmark: Au 11 72 | AU 12 72

1
CD was sending Kovalevsky the proof-sheets of Expression for his Russian translation of the work (see letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872]).
3
CD was at Leith Hill Place in Surrey, the home of the Josiah Wedgwood III and Caroline Sarah Wedgwood, from 13 to 21 August 1872 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
4
CD finished correcting the proof-sheets of Expression on 22 August 1872 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
6
Kovalevsky visited CD on 22 September 1872 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8462,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8462