From John Murray 20 March [1871]1
50, Albemarle St. | W.
Mar 20
My Dear Sir
The demands upon me for your book that I believe I must send to press 1000 more copies.2
I do not wish you to be troubled about any more corrections—But wish you to have notice—beforehand
Yours very faithfully | John Murray
Ch Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Summary
Demand [for Descent] is such that JM thinks he will have to print 1000 more copies. Does not want to trouble CD for corrections.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7604
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 393
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7604,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7604.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
