To J. V. Carus   5 December 1871

Down,| Beckenham, Kent.

Dec 5. 1871

My dear Sir

I send 4 sheets by this post of the new & cheap edit.1 They contain no important additions, but only a few corrections of style. The other sheets shall follow as soon as I get them. I am very much obliged for yr letter about the sheep2

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

CD refers to Origin 6th ed.; Carus was preparing a revised German translation (Bronn and Carus trans. 1872). See letter from J. V. Carus, 14 November 1871, and letter to J. V. Carus, 17 November 1871.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8096,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8096