From J. V. Carus 23 December 1877
Leipzig
Dec 23d | 1877
My dear Sir
May I ask you to be so kind as to write me (if possible by return of post, as the sheet must be printed off), if on p. 435 of the 1. Vol. of the Variation under Domestication, line 9 from bottom (note not included) a few words are fallen out by mistake.
“a horse, bred by Lord Mostyn, which had previously borne a foal. by a quagga. This horse is dun with a dark stripe”.1
I think, it ought to stand thus (or some thing like it): “a horse bred by Lord Mostyn from a mare, which had previously borne” for as it runs now, the case would not be one of the modification of the subsequent progeny by the previous male, but one of the modification of the whole bodily frame of the female animal, which you do not intend to prove in this paragraph
With my best wishes for a merry Christmas I am | Ever yours sincerely J. Victor Carus
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
A misprint in Variation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11286
- From
- Julius Victor Carus
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Leipzig
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 111
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11286,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11286.xml