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To C.-F. Reinwald   2 November 1881

Down, Beckenham, Kent

November 2, 1881

[“Three bad errata have been discovered in my book on Earth-worms …” Each change has been written out. “L. 134, 3 lines from bottom, for 1.9 read .19 …”1 In conclusion he discusses the book’s success. “The book is selling largely in England, but I fear that this is no indication for France …”]2

Ch. Darwin

incomplete3

1
For a list of the errata in Earthworms, see the letter to J. V. Carus, 2 November 1881 and n. 1. The corrections were made in the fourth thousand of the English edition.
2
Reinwald was publishing the French translation of Earthworms (Lévêque trans. 1882). On the sale of the English edition, see the letter from R. F. Cooke, 5 November 1881.
3
The original letter is complete, but the number of pages is not indicated in the sale catalogue.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13455A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13455A