To John Murray 5 [August 1870]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
July 5th
My dear Sir
In 5 or 6 days I shall have my M.S (except last chapter which is partly written) ready to send to Printers; & all wood-blocks, except for one of later chapters are complete.2
Please inform me whether my servant shall leave the M.S (with letters of instructions) at Mss Clowes3 or to you.— I shall be ready to begin correcting Slips on the 22d, after a short absence from home for rest.—4
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Do you know anything about Mr Clowes works in hand—will they be able to keep me steadily at work—it drives me mad to change from job to job.—
I ought to begin, at once, for I am a fearfully slow corrector & always liable to interruptions from illness.—
Footnotes
Summary
MS of Descent, except last chapter, is ready to send to printer. Hopes the printer will be able to keep him steadily at work correcting proof. "It drives me mad to change from job to job."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7265
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 209–10)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7265,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7265.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
