From J. V. Carus 21 December 1875
Leipzig,
Decbr. 21. 1875.
My dear Sir,
I have just finished the “Insectivorous Plants”.1 There were some misprints, the list of which I send you here2
p. 95. l. 4. read instead of .3
" 283. l. 1. " 1 gr. to oz. " " “of 2 oz.”4
" 288 l. 16. " of an inch (.0148mm) " " of of an inch. (.0148mm)5
" 301. footnote " Kirby and Spence instead of Spencer.6
" 374. l. 19. for 1,778 read 17,78.7
" 375. l. 12 from bottom, for “following” read “present.”8
" 395. l. 6. of the contents: for observation read observations.9
" 400. l. 6 from bottom for fig. 18. read fig 19.10
" 446 l. 9. from bottom, perhaps it would be better to repeat the words “of an inch” after “”.11
I shall begin the Climbing Plants very soon.12 I followed your advice to get some help during the last months already. My eldest daughter, who was with me in England and afterwards alone, translated almost the fourth part of the Insectivorous.13 I looked at her work and read it carefully over, correcting it etc, and then she wrote it out again, so that I am absolutely sure about every word and figure
We have great difficulties to get a copy of your Geological Observations, both on South America and on Volcanic Islands. Herr Koch tried to find one and so did I for the last twelve months. And yet we must think of bringing them not too late for the edition of the “Opera omnia”.14 To the geological section of these also two papers belong, on the Ice-action in the S. Hemisphere and on the great Earthquake in Chile. In the case that you have a copy of each of them to spare, you would oblige me exceedingly, as the public libraries cannot spare whole Volumes of Transactions as long as I should want them for translation.15
I am happy to say that my health is much better again,16 and I should be exceedingly to hear the same from you
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year I am | My dear Sir | Ever yours sincerely | J. Victor Carus
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Climbing plants 2d ed.: The movements and habits of climbing plants. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
‘Distribution of the erratic boulders’: On the distribution of the erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. By Charles Darwin. [Read 5 May 1841.] Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2d ser. 6 (1841–2): 415–31. [Shorter publications, pp. 147–62. For read date, see Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 (1838–42): 425.]
Geological observations 2d ed.: Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1876.
Insectivorous plants 2d ed. By Charles Darwin. Revised by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1888.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
‘Parallel roads of Glen Roy’: Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy, and of other parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an attempt to prove that they are of marine origin. By Charles Darwin. [Read 7 February 1839.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 129: 39–81. [Shorter publications, pp. 50–88.]
South America: Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846.
Volcanic islands: Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844.
‘Volcanic phenomena and the formation of mountain chains’: On the connexion of certain volcanic phenomena in South America; and on the formation of mountain chains and volcanos, as the effect of the same power by which continents are elevated. By Charles Darwin. [Read 7 March 1838.] Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2d ser. 5 (1840): 601–31. [Shorter publications, pp. 97–124.]
Summary
Sends list of misprints in first edition of Insectivorous plants for the German collected works.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10315
- From
- Julius Victor Carus
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Leipzig
- Source of text
- DAR 86: B6–7
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp †
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10315,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10315.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23