To John Murray 5 October [1861]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Oct. 5.
My dear Sir
I think it very good idea to match the Origin; but then I must beg you to have large type & lines wider apart, otherwise the Book will look ridiculously small; but of that hereafter.
The advertisement reads well; I always spell Fertilisation & not Fertilization—2 I will attend to outside ornament.3
Yours sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Likes the idea of matching Orchids with Origin. Begs for large print and spacing so that the book will not look "ridiculously small".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3276A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Private collection
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3276A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3276A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
