From Milan Radovanović 17 September 1874
Belgrad
September 17, 1874
Sir,
I have the pleasure to acquaint you that I have translated into Serbian your work: ‘The origine of Species’, and take the liberty, Sir, of asking you would be so kind as to authorise me to the publication of my Serbian translation.1
With the highest respect I remain | Your most humble servant | Milan M. Radovanowič.
Adresse: | M. M. R. | Wračar No. 4. Belgrad (Serbien).
Footnotes
Bibliography
Calendar: A calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Has translated Origin into Serbian and wants CD’s authorisation to publish.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9643
- From
- Milan Marinković (Milan) Radovanović
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Belgrade
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 2
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9643,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9643.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
