From John Murray 18 September [1868]1
50A, Albemarle St. | W.
Sept. 18
My Dear Sir
A copy of your Book was sent from this Jany 29 properly addressed to Mr Walsh & left at Baillières Regent St.2 Some days afterwards my porter called there & finding B. had no prospect of forwarding it to New York, he took away the parcel to transfer it to Sampson Lows care.3 After this all trace of it is lost & I fear through some neglect of one of my people it was not forwarded—
I greatly regret this mishap & I have sent another copy from myself in consequence by post-free. I hope it will reach its destination safely & that Mr Walch will relieve you of all charge of neglect & lay it on the shoulders of
Your faithful servt | John Murray
On referring to your letter there is some abbreviation in your writing wch I cannot make out
J. D. Walsch Esq of Rock— — Illinois I keep back the parcel begging you to supply this word—4
Chas. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
JM will send another copy of Variation to B. D. Walsh.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6376
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 360
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6376,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6376.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
