To Francis Darwin 25 May [1881]
Down.
May 25th
The Page marked D had got separate from all the others, so I have sent whole lot, each bundle separate from others.— I send also Proofs of my Ch. V. (no more sheets from Linn. Soc.)1 I have now got Ch VI (& Ch VII very short) & all shall be sent in 2 or 3. days— Your corrected copy has arrived, but I have not looked at it.2
C. D.
B. all right— just started on Daisy w. Pauline carrying a regt of paper soldiers loose in her hand. It wd not be marching if they were put in her pocket3
Footnotes
Bibliography
Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.
Summary
Sends further chapters of Earthworms for correction.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13174
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- MY 25 81
- Source of text
- DAR 211: 76
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13174,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13174.xml
