To J. V. Carus   17 June [1875]1

[Abinger Hall, Surrey.]

June 17

My dear Sir

I send by this post clean sheets of above half my book on Insectivorous Plants.2 The remaining sheets will be sent in about 2 weeks or sooner. All is finally corrected. The last page, without the Index, is 453. You will be able now to judge whether the book is worth translation, & please let me hear when you have decided.3 The latter half is, I think, more interesting than the first half, as rather more diversified & not so much in detail, so that much less small type. The book has wearied me much, & has cost me much labour.

I hope that you are fairly well,— when you write please tell me how you are.—

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

My address for next 2–3 weeks will be

C. Darwin

at T. H. Farrer Esq.

Abinger Hall

Wotton

Surrey4

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 28 June 1875.
2
Insectivorous plants was published on 2 July 1875 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
3
The German translation of Insectivorous plants was published in 1876 (Carus trans. 1876b).
4
CD stayed at Abinger Hall, the home of Thomas Henry and Katherine Euphemia Farrer, from 3 June until 6 July 1875 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10021,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10021