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Darwin Correspondence Project

To John Murray   11 June 1880

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

June 11th 1880

My dear Mr. Murray

Mr Charles of the City of London School has asked me to permit him to give some extracts in his “Model Reading Books” from my Naturalists Voyage.1

I should very much like to grant permission & shd. feel proud that any passage in any book of mine shd. be used for educational purposes; but I cannot of course grant permission without your consent, as the book is your property.

I hope, however, that you will oblige. me.— | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

The desired extracts are

(1) p. 450–451—the corrobery dance of the Australians

(2) p. 204–209 Tierra del Fuego, account of.—

(3) p. 151–154—Horsemanship of the Gauchos.2

Footnotes

See letter from R. F. Charles, 9 June 1880. Robert Fletcher Charles, an assistant master at the City of London School, had asked CD for permission to publish extracts from Journal of researches (1860) in his textbooks (Charles ed. 1880–3).
For the extracts, see the letter from R. F. Charles, 9 June 1880 and n. 3.

Bibliography

Charles, Robert Fletcher, ed. [1880–3.] Relfe Brothers’ model reading-books: narrative and descriptive, in prose and verse, for use in schools. With notes and introduction by R.F. Charles. 4 vols. London: Relfe Brothers.

Journal of researches (1860): Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle around the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. By Charles Darwin. Reprint edition. London: John Murray. 1860.

Summary

Asks John Murray to allow R. F. Charles to quote Journal of researches passages in a school text-book [Relfe Brothers model reading-books … in prose and verse (1880–3)].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12628F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Murray
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Private collection
Physical description
ALS 3pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12628F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12628F.xml

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