To John Murray 11 June 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
June 11th 1880
My dear Mr. Murray
Mr Charles of the City of London School has asked me to permit him to give some extracts in his “Model Reading Books” from my Naturalists Voyage.1
I should very much like to grant permission & shd. feel proud that any passage in any book of mine shd. be used for educational purposes; but I cannot of course grant permission without your consent, as the book is your property.
I hope, however, that you will oblige. me.— | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
The desired extracts are
(1) p. 450–451—the corrobery dance of the Australians
(2) p. 204–209 Tierra del Fuego, account of.—
(3) p. 151–154—Horsemanship of the Gauchos.2
Footnotes
Bibliography
Charles, Robert Fletcher, ed. [1880–3.] Relfe Brothers’ model reading-books: narrative and descriptive, in prose and verse, for use in schools. With notes and introduction by R.F. Charles. 4 vols. London: Relfe Brothers.
Journal of researches (1860): Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle around the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. By Charles Darwin. Reprint edition. London: John Murray. 1860.
Summary
Asks John Murray to allow R. F. Charles to quote Journal of researches passages in a school text-book [Relfe Brothers model reading-books … in prose and verse (1880–3)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12628F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Private collection
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12628F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12628F.xml