To John Murray 20 October [1859]1
Wells Terrace | Ilkley | Otley | Yorkshire
Oct. 20th
My dear Sir
I am obliged for your note & answer to my queries.—
I cannot think of any fit ornament or Device for outside: the subjects treated are so many & so general, that no one illustration would serve.2
I will most gratefully send list of private copies for distribution, as soon as you can tell me about what, within a shilling or so, the trade-price will be.3 I am very glad to hear that there will be no delay in the publication.
I am glad to hear that you were thinking of a Device, as this shows that you intend binding in cloth.—
Your’s very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Cannot suggest an appropriate device or ornament for cover [of Origin].
Will send a list for distribution of author’s copies as soon as JM tells him approximate trade price.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2508
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Ilkley
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.94–95)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2508,” accessed on 13 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2508.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
