To J. V. Carus 19 February 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Feb 19. 1877
My dear Sir,
Will you be so good as to correct the following unfortunate misprint which produces a mistake of some importance:
Cross & Self-Fertilisation
p 275. line 6 from top
For ‘self-fertilised’ read ‘crossed’1
My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cross and self fertilisation 2d ed.: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1878.
Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.
Summary
Corrects an important misprint in English edition of Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 275, line six from top [but see 10877].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10852
- 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. 160–161)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10852,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10852.xml
