RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1902. [Letter to W. S. Dallas, 1871]. In Adrian H. Joline, Meditations of an autograph collector. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, pp. 256-7.
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe. RN1
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Jan 27, [1871]
My dear sir,—
I was so ill yesterday I hardly knew what I wrote. I am infinitely obliged to you. I should be grateful for any other corrections
in Vol. 2, but never mind mere ordinary words misspelt, as reader will see oversight. But any names or scientific terms wrongly spelt ought to be corrected. I find Sir J. Lubbock spells Chloeon (?) as I do, so I have left it. Trostritica (?) is an awful blunder and … I felt I was in error, but stupidly I did not look to any book. I am always blundering in names and scientific terms. About Snipes gross oversight in reasoning, but this must stand till new edit. if there ever is one. In Vol 2 I remember in 2d revise correcting Callhorrhinus (?) and Delianus (?) so I hope they are correct in clean sheets.— Again accept my cordial thanks
Yours sincerely
Ch. Darwin
Good God how glad I shall be when I can drive the whole of the confounded book out of my head—
So you will be the Index— I have, of course, accepted all your corrections except Chloëon.—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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