From John Murray 17 November 1869
50, Albemarle St. | W.
Novr 17— 1869.—
My Dear Sir
I have attended to the requests of your note of Monday1
At my annual sale last week I disposed of copies of your work
| Fritz Muller | 8 | out of | 545 | |
| Variations | 18 | — | 300 | |
| Origin | 311 | — | 1530 | — |
wch. I hope you will consider not a bad days work—2
You have my best wishes for the putting down of your Parisian Blaspheemers3
My Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray
Chas Darwin Esqre. | &c &c &c
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
JM reports sales of Facts and arguments for Darwin, Variation, and Origin [5th ed.].
Sends best wishes for success in putting down "Parisian blasphemers".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6992
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 374
- Physical description
- ALS 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6992,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6992.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
