To John Murray 20 November [1856–7]1
Down Bromley Kent
Nov. 20
My dear Sir
I am extremely much obliged for your very kind present & note.—2 I assure you that I had no intention of begging, but as I have given away during the last year or two a dozen copies, I thought the difference of price for the future was worth saving.— Your present is very kind & most acceptable.—
I hope that you are pretty well satisfied with the sale: it is a good deal more than I had anticipated.
Pray believe me | My dear Sir | Yours truly obliged | Charles Darwin
P.S. | I apologise for having given you the trouble to return me a note put in the wrong cover: this note has been returned to me from Devonshire. It was a very stupid blunder.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Journal of researches 2d ed.: Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845.
Summary
Thanks for gift [of books requested in 1026]. Sale is a good deal more than he had anticipated.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1028
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42153 ff.54–55)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1028,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1028.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6