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Darwin Correspondence Project

To John Murray   6 August [1867]1

Down

Aug 6.

My dear Sir

I enclose the 4 large vols.2 After you have considered them will you be so kind as to return them to the enclosed address. in the same box.—

Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 5 August [1867].
CD had recommended Brehm et al. 1864–9, four volumes of which had been sent to him by the publisher, for translation. See letter from H. J. Meyer, 30 July 1867, letter to John Murray, 4 August [1867], and letter from John Murray, 5 August [1867] and n. 3.

Summary

Sends the four volumes [of Brehm’s Thierleben] for Murray’s consideration.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-5599
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Murray
Sent from
Down
Source of text
S. J. Hessel (private collection)
Physical description
LS(A) 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5599,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5599.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15

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