To P. L. Sclater 26 December [1870]1
The Printers have been slack; but I now send two sheets, & 1, or thereabouts, more will complete your very kind assistance.2
C. Darwin
Dec. 26th.
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to P. L. Sclater, 5 December 1870.
Sclater was checking the names of the birds and mammals in the proof-sheets of Descent (see letter to P. L. Sclater, 5 December 1870 and n. 1).
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Sending two sheets [of Descent]. About one-and-a-half more will complete PLS’s task.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7402
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Philip Lutley Sclater
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Zoological Society of London (GB 0814 BADD (Darwin))
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7402,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7402.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
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