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Darwin Correspondence Project

To J. V. Carus   5 December 1871

Down,| Beckenham, Kent.

Dec 5. 1871

My dear Sir

I send 4 sheets by this post of the new & cheap edit.1 They contain no important additions, but only a few corrections of style. The other sheets shall follow as soon as I get them. I am very much obliged for yr letter about the sheep2

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

CD refers to Origin 6th ed.; Carus was preparing a revised German translation (Bronn and Carus trans. 1872). See letter from J. V. Carus, 14 November 1871, and letter to J. V. Carus, 17 November 1871.

Bibliography

Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.

Summary

Sends sheets [of the 6th ed. of Origin].

Thanks JVC for his letter about the sheep.

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8096,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8096.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19

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