To J. V. Carus 30 May 1871
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
May 30 1871
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for yr corrections.1 The name of the inhabitants of the Fiji I’s is spelt in in English many ways, & this has been the cause of my blunder; I think Fijians is best.2 At vol 1 p. 29 the name I believe is Leguay.3 Many thanks about the horns; perhaps you will be so good as to insert the right numbers, viz. 33 to the left & 27 to the right.4 It is a shame to give you so much trouble, especially as the Index has already cost you so much, but I shd be grateful for any corrections, as I suppose some day, I shall bring out a corrected edition.
I did not myself make the index & the gentleman who made it & made it too full, was much hurried at the close.5 Whenever you have occasion to write again, but do not write on purpose, I shd like to hear how many copies have been printed & sold of your translation in Germany. In England 6500 have been printed.
Believe me with many thanks | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Thanks JVC for corrections for Descent. Index, which is too full, was hurried at the end.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7780
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Julius Victor Carus
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 72–73)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7780,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7780.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19