To J. V. Carus 22 January 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 22. 1877
My dear Sir,
Very many thanks for the errata, & more especially for the interesting & very amusing notes on expression.1 These will be of use to me if a new edit is ever required; but this is doubtful, as before the 7000 copies were all sold Murray foolishly printed 2000 additional, many of which yet remain.2
As soon as I hear from Koch I will write to Smith & Elder.3
I am very glad to hear that you are going to the Zoolog: Statione at Naples, as I should think that you will find it very interesting, & I sincerely hope that the climate may suit your health.4 My health has been better of late, so that I am able to work several hours daily, but I never pass a whole day in comfort, & this is a feeling I daresay you well know. I am at present preparing a small book with my papers on Dimorphic & Trimorphic plants, & other allied subjects.5
With all good wishes, yours very sincerely, | Charles Darwin
P.S. | “Prising” only means lifting up an object with the end of a lever, for instance forcing open the lid of a box with a tool driven in under it6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.
‘Dimorphic condition in Primula’: On the two forms, or dimorphic condition, in the species of Primula, and on their remarkable sexual relations. By Charles Darwin. [Read 21 November 1861.] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Botany) 6 (1862): 77–96. [Collected papers 2: 45–63.]
Expression 2d ed.: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. Edited by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1890.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.
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.
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.
‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’: On the character and hybrid-like nature of the offspring from the illegitimate unions of dimorphic and trimorphic plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 20 February 1868.] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 10 (1869): 393–437.
‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria’: On the sexual relations of the three forms of Lythrum salicaria. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 8 (1865): 169–96. [Collected papers 2: 106–31.]
Summary
Thanks JVC for errata [in Cross and self-fertilisation]
and especially for interesting and amusing notes on expression. Will use them if a new edition [of Expression] is needed, but Murray has printed too many copies of first edition.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10809
- 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. 158–159)
- Physical description
- LS 4pp
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10809,” accessed on 11 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10809.xml