From G. H. Darwin to William Clowes & Sons 11 July 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Sunday July 11. 75
Gentlemen,
Darwin’s Insect: Plants
Further errata
p. | 271 line 8 from bottom |
for “a little less than the one— ” | |
read “a little more … ” | |
p | 301. 1st. line of small type |
for 2.544 read 2.540 | |
p. | 372 line 14. |
for 2.794 read 2.795 | |
p | 373 “experiment 7,” line 4 |
for 2.794 read 2.795 | |
& | 3rd line above “experiment 7” |
for 1.69 read 1.70 | |
p | 375. 4th. line above “experiment 14” |
for 5.588 read 5.5901 |
Please be so good as to correct these or insert them in the errata
Also if you shd. not have printed off this part already
p | 270 first word of last line |
The a of “ample” has dropped out | |
p | 287 under the figure it should be |
Dionæa and not Dionœa |
but do not insert these last two amongst the errata, as they are too insignificant.2
Yours faithfully | George Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Sends errata for Insectivorous plants 2d printing.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10056F
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- William Clowes & Sons
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 86: B24
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10056F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10056F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23