From W. S. Dallas 15 and 16 September 1879
Geological Society
15 Sept. 1879
Dear Mr. Darwin
On consideration I have thought it best to send you the corrected proofs of Krause in order that you may approve of what I have done to them if you think fit, or strike out anything of which you disapprove.—1 You will see that I have adopted nearly all the suggestions that you are so kind as to make, & also that a good many of the errors were misprints.—
I shall send off the German MS. to Krause by this same post & with it the duplicate proofs, to which I have transferred all my marks, requesting him to make any corrections or suggestions that he may think necessary & return the proofs to me.— In the meantime we can send the proofs now forwarded to you to the printers,2 & make use of Dr. Krause’s criticisms upon the revises, which I will read as quickly as possible when I get them.— These first proofs have taken me some time to read, as I had to compare the quotations all through.–
Believe me | Yours very truly | W. S. Dallas
P.S. 16 Sept.— I will add a P.S. to my letter to Dr. Krause as I do not exactly understand what he wants.— I suspect he wanted the MS. to enable him to read the proofs,— if so it will be unnecessary now that he has his own MS. & my corrected proofs.— At p. 143 in a note I queried whether 3 Scallop-shells are your family arms,— the note of interrogation was not intended to be printed, but I am still uncertain whether the statement in the note is admissible.—3
If you will send back the proofs to me, I will forward them to the printers & beg them to let me have the revises as soon as possible.— Shall I get additional revises & have my marks transferred to them to be sent to France & Germany?
W. S. D.
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Darwin, Erasmus. 1794–6. Zoonomia; or, the laws of organic life. 2 vols. London: J. Johnson.
Hunter, John. 1786. Observations on certain parts of the animal œconomy. London: n.p.
Silver, Rae. 1984. Prolactin and parenting in the pigeon family. Journal of Experimental Zoology 232: 617–25.
Summary
Sends his corrected proofs [of Erasmus Darwin] for CD’s approval, with questions and final arrangements.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12232
- From
- William Sweetland Dallas
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Geological Society
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 123–4
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12232,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12232.xml