To the Ray Society [before 23 January 1854]1
394 A letter having been read from Mr. Darwin stating that the Mss of the 2nd. vol of his work extended to 900 pages it was resolved that the whole be published in one volume
Footnotes
The letter has not been found. The text given here has been taken from the minutes of the special council meeting of the Ray Society, 23 January 1854. William Spence chaired the meeting, and James Scott Bowerbank, William Benjamin Carpenter, and Edwin Lankester were present.
Summary
"A letter having been read from Mr. Darwin stating that the MSS of the 2nd vol. of his work [Living Cirripedia] extended to 900 pages it was resolved that the whole be published in one volume."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1549
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ray Society
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Library MSS RAY)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1549,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1549.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
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