From J. Daly [before 9 February 1868]1
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| 61 | 2 | lines from | top, | For | berning | Read | bearing2 | ||
| 89 | 12 | " | " | " | slower | " | more slowly | ||
| 179 | 1 | " | " | graduates | " | graduate | |||
| " | 12 | " | " | depends | " | depend | |||
| 238 | 8 | " | bottom | " | has been | " | have been3 | ||
| 243 | 7 | " | top | permitts | " | permits4 | |||
| 244 | 6 | " | agrees | " | agree5 | ||||
| 252 | 5 | " | top foot note | non est pas | (probably) n’en est pas | ||||
| 318 | 13 | " | top | rudimentry | rudimentary | ||||
| 384 | 3 & 4 | " | top | force themselves a | force themselves into a | ||||
| minute orifice | minute orifice | ||||||||
| " | 4 & 5 | we must into believe | we must believe6 | ||||||
| Sentences requiring some alteration | |||||||||
| P | 247 | — | 12 & 13 | from | top | " | between varieties &c | .... | in comparison with &c7 |
| 276 | 1 & 2 | " | " | the blood of men with different complexions … | |||||
| emits a different odour8 (odours) | |||||||||
| 410 | — | 12 | " | the period of shedding the leaves, and (insert | |||||
| ‘the power’) of retaining them throughout the winter—9 | |||||||||
| 426 | — | sentence beginning last line—by comparing the amount of difference | |||||||
| between &c … in comparison with &c. 10 | |||||||||
| on page 154— 5 lines from bottom— incessorial should, I think, be insessorial11 | |||||||||
CD annotations
1.1 Volume … insessorial]
crossed pencil
slower] ‘x’ added pencil
graduates] ‘x’ added pencil
depends] ‘x’ added pencil
has been] ‘x’ added pencil
permitts] ‘✓’ added pencil
non est pas] ‘✓’ added pencil
force … orifice] ‘✓’ added pencil
we … believe] ‘✓’ added pencil
End of first section: ‘All these corrections
inserted’ pencil
End of letter: ‘J. Daly of Cork’ pencil
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this
letter and the letter to
John Murray, 9 February [1868]. The letter consists of corrections to
Variation, published on 30 January 1868 (see
CD’s ‘Journal’ (Correspondence vol. 16, Appendix II)). A
second printing, incorporating minor additions and corrections, was printed on
19 February (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Correspondence vol. 16,
Appendix II)). The correspondent has not been further identified.
‘Bearing’ is not misspelled in the first printing of Variation.
These corrections were made in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 66, 163, and 225).
This correction was made in the second printing.
‘Agrees’ was not changed in the second printing or second
edition.
These corrections were made in the second printing.
This sentence is substantially altered in the second edition
(see Variation 2d ed., 2: 234).
This sentence is unchanged in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 265).
In this sentence, ‘and’ is changed to ‘or’ in the second
edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 405).
This sentence is substantially altered in the second edition
(see Variation 2d ed., 2: 422).
This correction was made in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 138).
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Corrections [incorporated in 2d issue of Variation].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5827
- From
- J Daly
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 195.1: 50
- Physical description
- inc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5827,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5827.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
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