From J. Daly   [before 9 February 1868]1

Volume 2
Page
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

incomplete

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
1
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.
2
‘Bearing’ is not misspelled in the first printing of Variation.
3
These corrections were made in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 66, 163, and 225).
4
This correction was made in the second printing.
5
‘Agrees’ was not changed in the second printing or second edition.
6
These corrections were made in the second printing.
7
This sentence is substantially altered in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 234).
8
This sentence is unchanged in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 265).
9
In this sentence, ‘and’ is changed to ‘or’ in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 405).
10
This sentence is substantially altered in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 422).
11
This correction was made in the second edition (see Variation 2d ed., 2: 138).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5827,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5827