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Darwin Correspondence Project

To the Ray Society   [before 23 January 1854]1

394 A letter having been read from Mr. Darwin stating that the Mss of the 2nd. vol of his work extended to 900 pages it was resolved that the whole be published in one volume

Footnotes

The letter has not been found. The text given here has been taken from the minutes of the special council meeting of the Ray Society, 23 January 1854. William Spence chaired the meeting, and James Scott Bowerbank, William Benjamin Carpenter, and Edwin Lankester were present.

Summary

"A letter having been read from Mr. Darwin stating that the MSS of the 2nd vol. of his work [Living Cirripedia] extended to 900 pages it was resolved that the whole be published in one volume."

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-1549
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Ray Society
Sent from
unstated
Source of text
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Library MSS RAY)

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1549,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1549.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5

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