To J. V. Carus 21 March 1876
Summary
Glad to hear that [German edition of] Insectivorous plants is published.
Thanks for errata in Climbing plants [2d ed.].
Sends list [missing] of his papers, with those certainly not worth translating marked with a red line.
Reports on work in progress.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 21 Mar 1876 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 139–140) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10422 |
To J. V. Carus 23 March 1876
Summary
Clarifies a passage [in Coral reefs, 2d ed. (1874)], which JVC had questioned.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 23 Mar 1876 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 141–142) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10426 |
To J. V. Carus 24 April 1876
Summary
Answers queries concerning errata in Coral reefs.
All copies of Volcanic islands are sold. Smith, Elder & Co. want to bring out a new edition, but CD is resolved not to look at a single proof.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 24 Apr 1876 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 152–153) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10468 |
To J. V. Carus 27 September 1876
Summary
Sends first sheets of Cross and self fertilisation. The book is a very dull record of experiments, but nevertheless CD believes it is valuable for its remarkable and well-established results.
Orchids [2d ed.] will soon go to the printer.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 27 Sept 1876 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 147–148) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10619 |
To J. V. Carus [early October 1876]
Summary
Tells JVC that to the title on the first page [of Cross and self-fertilisation] is to be added "in the vegetable kingdom".
Guesses that Orchids [2d ed.] will be 20 or 30 pages longer than the old edition.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | [early Oct 1876] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 66–67) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10627 |
To J. V. Carus 18 October [1876]
Summary
Proof sheets [of Cross and self-fertilisation] have been lost.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 18 Oct [1876] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 68–69) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10645 |
To J. V. Carus 25 October 1876
Summary
Sends sheets [of Cross and self-fertilisation].
Heliotypes for Expression delayed because new negatives must be made.
Thanks Herr Koch [of Schweizerbart] for copies of Coral reefs and Climbing plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 25 Oct 1876 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 149) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10654 |
To J. V. Carus 23 November 1876
Summary
Tells JVC what changes have been made in the new edition of his geological book [Volcanic islands and South America].
Does not know why he doubted about the Atlantic dust paper – now thinks it worth translating.
Glad JVC has not found Cross and self-fertilisation as intolerably dull as CD feared. Answers his queries about Cross and self-fertilisation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 23 Nov 1876 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 150–151) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10686 |
To J. V. Carus 20 December 1876
Summary
Sends an omitted reference to an article by Dr Ascherson [Bot. Ztg. (1871): 444 et seq.] for Cross and self-fertilisation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 20 Dec 1876 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 154–155) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10730 |
From J. V. Carus 19 March 1876
Summary
Insectivorous plants is out
and Climbing plants is at the printer’s.
He is now at work on the geological writings.
Thinks all of CD’s papers extremely interesting "for the spirit and the method".
Cites some misprints in Climbing plants.
Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Mar 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10419 |
From J. V. Carus 21 March 1876
Summary
A difficulty with a passage in Coral reefs about "vertical thickness", which JVC thinks should read "horizontal extent".
Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Mar 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10423 |
From J. V. Carus 16 April 1876
Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Apr 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 69: A74–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10453 |
From J. V. Carus 20 November 1876
Summary
Thanks CD for [2d English edition of] Volcanic islands and South America [1876].
Is at work on Cross and self-fertilisation. Asks about some doubtful points.
Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Nov 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 105 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10681 |
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