From J. V. Carus 17 February 1871
33, Windmühlenstrasse | Leipzig,
Febr. 17 | 1871.
My dear Sir,
The pages in question are not yet printed nor will they be so before three or four weeks. However you would oblige me by sending me your corrections soon, that I may correct the manuscript.1
I am sorry to say that I am writing these lines from my bed which I am obliged to keep almost for a fortnight in order to get over an attack of Bronchitis and pleuritic exsudation.2 Of course I was at the same time obliged to stop my work for now ten days, but I hope to be able to get at it again next week I had proof-sheets of about the seven first sheets of the Original and every week I get two or three.
Eighteen months ago I moved to the place which I wrote on the other side3 I got your letters quite regularly. But you will kindly take notice of the alteration.
Believe me | Yours ever sincerely. | Prof J. Victor Carus
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
The pages [of Descent] CD wishes to correct are not yet printed.
JVC’s work on the translation has been interrupted by illness.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7485
- From
- Julius Victor Carus
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Leipzig
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 78
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7485,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7485.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
