To W. E. Darwin   [November 1871]1

My dear W.

I am heartily obliged— You gave me much labour— Your suggestions & corrections are very good. I have taken some & shd have taken more, had they not broken so many lines of close print.2

In altering false letter draw vertical line through it,

as in word “and”—and n/

Put mark ^ when comma omitted, & on the margin ,/

Put x where blurred letter.

I fear it is much labour to you.

your affect Father | C. D.

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the postcard to W. E. Darwin, 31 [October 1871], and the postcard to W. E. Darwin, 3 [November 1871]..
2
William was reading the proofs of Origin 6th ed. (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 31 [October 1871]).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

3.1 word “and”] interl
4.1 the margin] interl above del ‘margin’
4.1 ,/] enclosed in brackets del

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8042,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8042