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To C.-F. Reinwald   [12 December 1874]1

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for the Tr. of my Journal,2 received this morning. I am pleased with its appearance. I most sincerely hope that the Translation may sell well & remunerate you. I beg you to thank M. Barbier for his very kind expressions toward me3

I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

ADraftS

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 10 December 1874, and the letter to Theodor Eimer, 12 December 1874.
2
Barbier trans. 1875.
3
In a translator’s preface, Edmond Barbier wrote that the fact that the text of Journal of researches had not been updated since 1845 was compensated for by the particular flavour of a work from the illustrious naturalist’s youth, and by the interest of seeing the development of the ideas that led to the publication of Origin (Barbier trans. 1875, pp. vii–viii).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 I am pleased] ‘I am’ after del ‘&’; ‘pleased’ after del ‘very’
1.2 Translation] after del illeg
1.3 & remunerate you] interl
1.3 I beg] after del ‘&’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9752A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9752A