To John Murray 5 November [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov. 5
My dear Sir
I thank you for your extremely kind note & granting of my request so promptly.—2 I will write this evening to Mess. Appleton.—3
I am sorry about Expression book as by your previous note— It is a bad job, but I still think the book will sell in the course of years, though this of course a heavy loss.—4
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 3 November 1874.
Murray’s note has not been found.
See letter from John Murray, 3 November 1874 and n. 5.
Summary
Thanks JM for granting his request. Will write to D. Appleton.
CD is sorry about heavy loss from Expression; still thinks the book will sell in the course of years.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9710
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 344)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9710,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9710.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
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