From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[after 5 Nov 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 135
Summary:
Writes about proof-correcting by WED [of Origin, 6th ed.].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Writes about proof-correcting by WED [of Origin, 6th ed.].
Will send back proofs of Origin 6th ed.
Forwards a letter from R. O. Jones on the effects of castration on horns of male lambs.
Says has sent a copy of CD’s memorial to Captain Jones. Passes on Sir Geo. Grey’s comments on pasturage near Morpeth. Tells superstition about straight furrows and fairies.
Sends comments from himself and Erasmus Darwin on proofs of chapter 7 of Origin 6th ed.
Sends back proofs. Praises CD for calm treatment of Mivart. Looks at duck’s mouth. Asks whether CD has seen Snow’s article in the Spectator.
Sends three sheets but keeps one. Suggests looking at a curved field on the way to Orpington.