To J. V. Carus 1 July [1875]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. [Abinger Hall, Surrey.]
July 1st
My dear Sir
I write one line to say that my book will be published in 2 or 3 days.2 The Printers, as usual, did not begin to print off, until the whole book was in type.—3 The little book on “Climbing Plants”, & the 2d Edit. of Var: under Dom: will be published early in November.—4 I am endeavouring not to add much to the latter book.— You are quite right in supposing that I have no corrections for the Origin: many are desirable, but I have no strength for so great a work.—5
I am very glad that you will prepare a translation of the Insectivorous Plants.—6
Thank you for telling me a little about your health, & I sincerely hope that you may get your southern tour.7
In Haste | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Abinger Hall | We go home on July 6th.8
Footnotes
Bibliography
Climbing plants 2d ed.: The movements and habits of climbing plants. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
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.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Insectivorous plants to be published in two or three days.
Climbing plants and 2d ed. of Variation will be published early in November.
Has no strength for corrections for the new printing of Origin, though many are desired.
Pleased that JVC will translate Insectivorous plants.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10038
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Julius Victor Carus
- Sent from
- Abinger Hall
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 145–146)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10038,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10038.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23