From John Murray 2 January [1867]1
Albemarle St
Jany 2
My Dear Sir
Mr Clowes’ estimate of your MS.2 shows that it will make
Vol I. 648 pages post 8vo " II 624 pages
same size as the origin of Species—independant of contents Preface Index & any additl Chapter—3
This is clearly too much for volumes of that size—& I propose therefore—with your consent to substitute the larger (Demy) 8vo size in wch your work wd form 2 Volumes like the last Edn of Lyells Principles4
On hearing from you the Printer will be set to work
I am My Dear Sir | faithfully yours | John Murray
Ch. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
William Clowes [printer for J. Murray] estimates that Variation will come to a first volume of 648 pages and a second volume of 624 pages – which is too much for volumes the same size as Origin. Murray proposes a larger size.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5345
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 342
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5345,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5345.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15
