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To G. H. Darwin   [24 October 1874]1

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My dear G.

Apus is right.—2

I meant for compositor the words “I have not read this revise of Ch. XX.” Alter it words into “I have not read the text in this sheet”, so responsibility is thrown on compositor. You need not read the text. Send proofs to Printers by very first Post.—

I shd like 2d vol of Descent returned, as I may want any day to refer to it—3

I am very glad about Whitney article.—4

Yours affect | C. D.

Saturday

No sort of hurry about Heat.—5

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874], and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 October 1874. In 1874, 24 October was a Saturday.
2
Apus appears in Descent 2d ed., p. 255. Apus was formerly a genus of Notostraca (tadpole shrimp), but the name has now been replaced by Triops.
3
CD refers to the first edition of Descent; see the letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] and n. 2.
4
In November 1874, George published a review of William Dwight Whitney’s ‘Darwinism and language’ (Whitney 1874) titled ‘Professor Whitney on the origin of language’ in the Contemporary Review (G. H. Darwin 1874c). In his review, he defended CD in his debate with Friedrich Max Müller (see Radick 2008, p. 47).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

2.1 XX] before del ‘& XXI’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9696,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9696