To W. E. Darwin 31 [October 1871]
In proofs look to Running Headings on pages & numbers of Chapters.— The Headings may get wrong in reprinting— we go to Leith Hill on Friday.—1
C. Darwin
31.
Footnotes
William was evidently reading the proofs of the sixth edition of Origin. The Darwins stayed with Josiah Wedgwood III and Caroline Wedgwood at Leith Hill Place in Surrey from Friday 3 to Friday 10 November 1871 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
Bibliography
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Writes about proof-correcting by WED [of Origin, 6th ed.].
Goes to Leith Hill on Friday.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8038F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Erasmus Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- OC 31 71
- Source of text
- University of Redlands, Armacost Library
- Physical description
- pcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8038F,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8038F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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