To J. V. Carus 17 January 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 17. 77
My dear Sir,
Please to read the enclosed & you will see, as I am sorry to say, that it is necessary for your publisher to decide at once how many copies you require of two of the Geological Maps in my “Geolog: Observations” &c.1 Be so kind as to let me have an answer tolerably soon.
I sent you yesterday a copy of the new edit of the Orchids & this I grieve to add has been greatly altered, but I hope improved2
There are four or five new wood-blocks.3 I hope that your health stands your multiplied labours.
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Geological observations 2d ed.: Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1876.
Orchids 2d ed.: The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877.
‘Pampean formation’: On the thickness of the Pampean formation, near Buenos Ayres. By Charles Darwin. [Read 3 December 1862.] Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19 (1863): 68–71. [Shorter publications, pp. 342–5.]
South America: Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846.
Volcanic islands: Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844.
Summary
JVC’s publisher [Schweizerbart] must decide soon how many copies of two maps in Volcanic islands and South America are needed.
Has sent new edition of Orchids – greatly altered, but he hopes improved.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10799
- 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. 156–157)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10799,” accessed on 3 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10799.xml