Showing 41–60 of 106 items
The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
Reprint of Origin will bring number to 19500 – so title-page may safely read "Twentieth Thousand".
Asks CD’s opinion on number of copies to be printed of Cross and self-fertilisation [2d ed.]. Now that it is revised, they will stereotype.
Type of Forms of flowers stands, awaiting CD’s corrections, before stereotyping and printing of more copies.
RC regrets delay in supply of Origin.
Sends report on annual trade sale [missing]. New printings of Journal of researches and Descent are needed.
Murray’s offer to publish Erasmus Darwin. RC states terms and preliminary arrangements.
On cost of the portrait of Dr Darwin, for Erasmus Darwin.
Asks CD what title to put on spine of Erasmus Darwin. Suggests 7s 6d as the price.
Has just heard that 1st volume of Dutch edition [of Descent] has been announced for 10 December. Was CD aware that the Dutch intended to publish vol. 1 by itself?
Sends title-page of Descent for approval. Asks whether CD has any idea of size of index.
Has no idea about length of index [for Descent]. W. S. Dallas wrote it would take ten days more. Asks how many presentation copies he may have. Lists journals to receive review copies.
Sends list of journals to be sent review copies of Descent. If CD wants to add others, they will be included. Printing of 2500 copies ordered; retail price 24s.
Suggests periodicals to receive review copies [of Descent].
Is "ashamed at my corrections".
Discusses mailing of presentation copies [of Descent]. Sends addresses of A. R. Wallace and St George Mivart.
Asks that review copy [of Descent] be sent to F. P. Cobbe.
Discusses mailing of presentation copies.
Encloses a letter [missing] from C. Reinwald, publisher of the French edition of Descent [1872].
Vincenzi [of Unione, Turin – publisher of Italian translation] has not yet paid the account.
Asks that a presentation copy [of Descent?] be sent to Edward Blyth. Comments on publication.
Discusses presentation copies [of Descent]. Dallas returned proofs of index on Friday. Asks for John Stuart Mill’s address.
Printing of Descent will be done this day. Cannot publish until next week.
Suggests sending his book [Descent?] to Popular Science Review.
Believes heliotype process is best for book illustrations. Has sent copies [of Descent] to Loescher and Carus.
Is working on an estimate for the cheap [6th] edition of the Origin.
The Times review has not hurt sales of Descent.
Concerned with photographic processes for illustrations [for Expression].