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To William Clowes & Sons   6 August [1881]1

Dear Sir—

In all my previous books, I have given the contents of the Chapter in full, copied from the corrected sheets.— I have always put the pages from … to … I think, therefore, it would be best to give the Table of Contents in the same manner as before. So please send me another Proof.

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

August 6th | Down.2

This Title page seems to me too much spread out. I think there ought to be more white at top. But you will judge better than I can.

C.D.

I do not very much like its present appearance.3

Footnotes

1
The year is established by the publication of Earthworms in 1881 (see n. 2, below).
2
The letter from ‘Dear Sir’ to ‘Down’ is written on the verso of the title page of the proof-copy of Earthworms, facing the table of contents. In the proof-copy, the table of contents gives only the chapter titles.
3
The rest of the letter is written on the title page of the proof-copy.

Summary

Asks the printers that the table of contents [for Earthworms] be done in the same fashion used in his other books. Requests another proof.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13278A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Clowes & Sons
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 213: 13
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13278A,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13278A.xml

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