To J. V. Carus 30 January 1871
Summary
Thanks JVC for his corrections. Will send other errata. Hopes to send remainder of vol. 2 [of Descent] in a fortnight.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1871 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 21–22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7465 |
To J. V. Carus 15 February [1871]
Summary
Hopes German edition [of Descent] has not yet been printed because he has fallen into a most serious blunder [about sexual selection never acting on the young] on pp. 297–9 of vol. 1.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 15 Feb [1871] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 23–24) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7482 |
To J. V. Carus 25 April [1871]
Summary
Corrections for Descent. Has sold 6500 copies in England.
Has finished rough draft of Expression, but will put it aside for the summer.
Will refresh himself with some curious observations on the response of plants to certain stimuli.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 25 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 62–63) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7715 |
To J. V. Carus 30 May 1871
Summary
Thanks JVC for corrections for Descent. Index, which is too full, was hurried at the end.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 30 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 72–73) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7780 |
To J. V. Carus 8 October [1871]
Summary
Glad to hear of new German edition of Origin. He is revising the English edition, adding a new chapter of "Answers".
No new edition of Descent has appeared.
Would be glad to see a new translation of the Journal of researches, which he revised in 1845.
Comments on white colour of sea-birds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 8 Oct [1871] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter LC 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 74–77) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7994 |
To J. V. Carus 17 November 1871
Summary
CD offers to mark corrected passages in sheets of 6th edition of Origin.
Discusses question of hybrids between goats and sheep, on which H. von Nathusius has cast doubt in his recent Viehzucht [1872]. CD gives several references for a contrary view.
Asks JVC to inquire about HvN’s assertion that castrated rams have no horns.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 80–81) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8073 |
To J. V. Carus 5 December 1871
Summary
Sends sheets [of the 6th ed. of Origin].
Thanks JVC for his letter about the sheep.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1871 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 82–83) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8096 |
