From J. V. Carus 27 October 1874
Leipzig,
Oct 27th. 1874.
My dear Sir,
It is a long time since you sent me the last proof sheets. I got them up to p. 528. Although I do not want them in this very moment, yet I should like very much to see how many there will be. We publish the new edition, just as the two first, in two volumes.1 And as there are some large additions in the first part, it might perhaps be more convenient, to take the XIth chapter over into the 2. Volume in order to make the two volumes more equal, perhaps it will be necessary, on the contrary, to take the XIIth. chapter into the first volume. As far as I see, there are still six sheets to come (of 24 pages each) exclusively of the Index. If I am right in this, and you allow three sheets to the Index, then the Chapter XII. must form a part of the first Volume2
Although I am fully aware that I have only seen the proofs, yet I may be allowed to point out some misprints, which might perhaps still be mended
p 160. note 25. Archives de Zool expér. 1872 instead of 1827.
p. 196. note 64 Variation etc. p. 336, 337, instead of 226, 227.
p 203. note 76. les plis postérieurs, instead of plus, aussi la vertèbre occipitale, instead of ainsi, and the quotation at the end: tab. IV, instead of Vol. IV.
note 77 (the quotation of M. Alix):— Mém. de la Soc. d Anthr de Paris, 1868. p. XXXII, instead of pl.3
How is Drosera and the Effects of Interbreeding?4 As soon as I have done the new edition of the Descent I shall begin the Journal of Researches. Is there any later edition than that of 1860?5
Believe me | Ever yours truly, | J. Victor Carus
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Journal of researches: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.
Summary
On German translation of Descent [3d German, 2d English ed.]. Lists some misprints in proofs.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9700
- From
- Julius Victor Carus
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Leipzig
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 97
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22