To John Murray 25 [July 1859]1
Down Bromley Kent [Moor Park]
25th
My dear Sir
I write to say that 5 sheets are returned to Printers ready to strike off & two more sheets require only a revise; so that I presume you will soon have to decide what number of copies to print off—
I am quite incapa-2 of forming any opinion.— I think I have got the style fairly good & clear with infinite trouble. But whether the Book will be successful to a degree to satisfy you, I really cannot conjecture. I heartily hope it may.—
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
I am writing this at Moor Park Hydropathic establishment whither I have had to retreat for a week’s strength, but I return home tomorrow.3
Summary
Sends five sheets [of Origin] to printer. Incapable of forming an opinion, but thinks he has the style "fairly good and clear". Cannot conjecture if book will be successful enough to satisfy JM.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2477
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Moor Park
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.36–37)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2477,” accessed on 4 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2477.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
