From John Murray 12 February [1868]1
50A, Albemarle St. | W.
Feby 12
My Dear Sir
Your letter of Feby 9 encourages me to push on the new Edition of the Variation—2 You shall, as a matter of course, have some presentation copies.3
In answer to your enquiry, I may tell you that the corrections on the 1st Edition amounted to £176.—4
I have written to Mr Dallas assuring him of your approval of the Index & enclosing him a cheque for 30 Guineas, wch as Indices go, is handsome pay—5
You will have seen, I dare say the first notice of you in the Pall Mall Gaz. of Monday—6 it is written in no unfriendly spirit As an opening criticism it may be taken as a good augury of the probable reception of the work. Meanwhile the public are very eager for it
I remain My Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray
Chas 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–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
CD’s letter encourages Murray to proceed with a new edition of Variation; corrections will cost £176.
First notice has appeared in Pall Mall Gazette [7 (1868): 555].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5869
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171 : 355
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5869,” accessed on 8 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5869.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
