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From J. W. Draper   15 February 1875

New York | University Washington Square

Feb 15th 1875

Charles Darwin Esq.

My Dear Sir

Will you permit me to introduce to your friendly notice Mr N. Jovanovitch of Belgrade, Servia.1 He desires to have a conversation with you respecting the translation of some of your works into Servian. And being a friend of Professor Meta Rakitch of the Servian Literary Society who has already translated one of my books (History of the Intellectual Development of Europe) into that language,2 I would earnestly commend him and the object he has in view to your courteous attention

I am dear Sir | Your obedient Servant | Jns W Draper.

1
N. Jovanovitch has not been identified.
2
Draper’s book (Draper 1864) was translated into Serbian (‘Servian’ was an alternative spelling at this time; OED) by Mita Rakić (Draper 1871–4). Rakić was elected a member of Srpsko Učeno Društvo (Serbian Learned Society) in 1872 (Milićević 1888–1901). A Serbian translation of Origin, made by Milan Radovanović and authorised by CD, was published in 1878 (Radovanović trans. 1878; see Correspondence vol. 24, letter to Milan Radovanović, 25 August [1876]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9854F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9854F