My dear Sir,

I have to thank you very much for the corrected sheets. I made use of the corrections as far as the book was not yet printed off, and I have added the new parts of text as “Additions”.¹

In exchange I give you a few Errata:

p 4. line 1 from bottom—Von Hensen read Victor Hensen (von is the particle indicating nobility, but Hensen is a gentleman, but no nobleman)

p 6 line 1 from bottom, the same.²

p 13. line 4 " "“De Lumbrici terrestris” Would it not

(15. be better to add “hist. nat.”? The latin preposition “De”

with the genitive

(16.) looks so odd.³

p 18. line 2 from bottom. (Fig.) “Soc.” read “Sc.” (Science)⁴

p 19. " 4 from top: “typhosolis” read “typhlosolis.”⁵

p 32. " 4 " bottom: Ampelopis read “Ampelopsis’.⁶

p 37 " 1 " top: Frédéricq read “Fredericq” (without the accents)

p 42. " 5 " " : while they, read “while it” (the starch)

" " 1 " bottom: Frédéricq read “Fredericq”.⁷

" 44 " 3 " top: Urochtaea read “Urochaeta”.⁸

" 71. " 12 " " : a perfect chevaux de frise” read a perfect cheval de frise⁹

p 182. line 6 from top: “(F)’, read (E).¹⁰

p 194. " 12 " " : ‘Buccleuch’. As far as I have seen this name written or printed, it was always spelt “Buccleugh’.¹¹

p. 262." 9 from top: “Knowle Park.’ In all the other places you have spelt the name Knole, without the w.¹²

p. 310 " 1 from bottom: Von Hensen read Victor¹³

p 319. Index. adde: Fredericq, Léon. 37

p 321 " dele: Léon; that is the Christian name. (38 ought to be 37)¹⁴

p 325." Typhosolis read Typhlosolis.¹⁵

May I ask you what difference you make between mould and humus? In the most places you use both terms promiscue; on p 103, l.6 you add (in the proof sheets), to the word “mould”, “or humus”, and on the very same page you insert (line 14), ‘humus’ instead of mould.¹⁶ This puzzles me.

The translation will be printed off very soon. I enjoyed the work immensely, although, or rather because I had to do under some difficulty, arising from other work.

Believe me My dear Sir, | Yours ever gratefully, | J. Victor Carus