To Francis Darwin [31 August 1875 or later]1
[Bassett, Southampton.]
My dear F.
I send by this post Proofs of Var under D.—2 Please look to my old instructions. I have glanced only at the added passages & made few hasty corrections.— Keep carefully all old Proofs & M.S.— When returned to Printers mark “Press” unless it is necessary to consult me.— When in doubt about altered passages it will aid you to see what I have said in the first Edition.—
I see already that the whole will absolutely require close looking to.— Take great care in making your corrections clear— if there are many you must have revise.—
The sheets which I have looked over are marked “Frank”
I have put some corrections only in pencil for your consideration & I wish I had done all in pencil.— I am sorry to think what hard work it will be for you, but it will ease me immensely
C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Sends proofs of Variation [2d ed.] for FD to look over.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10178
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 271.3: 13
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10178,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10178.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
