To John Murray [28 June 1845]1
Down Bromley Kent
Saturday
Dear Sir
I take the liberty of suggesting that if you send any copies of my Journal to the Periodicals that you would send one to the Gardeners Chronicle; as I have sometimes contributed to it, I think it not unlikely that they would notice it favourably.—2
I shall have the M.S. of the Part II ready in 4 or 5 days.— I presume you will give me a copy of my Journal for myself & shall you think me very unreasonable if I ask you to let me have one dozen copies at prime cost to give to my neighbours & some naturalists who have assisted me.?— Anyhow wd you be so kind as to let me have two copies (one for self & one for Mr. Lyell) as soon as out: if ready before Thursday Morning at noon, send them directed to
“C. Darwin Esqre.
“care of G. Snow
“Nag’s Head
“Borough”
I am sorry to trouble you with so many notes.
Yours sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Journal of researches 2d ed.: Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845.
Summary
If copies [of part one of Journal of researches] are to be sent to periodicals for review, suggests Gardeners’ Chronicle.
MS for second part will be ready in four to five days.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-881
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.19–20)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 881,” accessed on 22 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-881.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3
