From R. B. Litchfield 26 February 1873
A friend tells me of follg. errata in “Descent”. Ed. 1871 Perhaps they’ve been since corrected
Vol. II. | |
p. 65. | Platycercus is spelt, in margin, platycerus.1 |
p. 240 | 4th. line from bottom The word Elephus shd. be elaphus [ελαφος] not, as in the errata, elaphas2 |
p. 44 | line 24 ortygornis shd. be divided thus: ortyg-ornis— not as it is orty-gornis3 |
I. 354 | qy shd. not phasgonoura be phasganoura?4 |
R.B.L.
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Additional errata in Descent.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8787
- From
- Richard Buckley Litchfield
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London
- Source of text
- DAR 88: 126
- Physical description
- ApcS †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8787,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8787.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21