To John Murray 5 [August 1870]
Summary
MS of Descent, except last chapter, is ready to send to printer. Hopes the printer will be able to keep him steadily at work correcting proof. "It drives me mad to change from job to job."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 5 [Aug 1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 209–10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7265 |
From John Murray 6 August [1870]
Summary
JM informs CD that he will have Clowes give him written assurance that the printing [of Descent] will proceed without interruption.
The [Franco-Prussian] War is a sad damper on international science and his publishing plans.
Author: | John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Aug [1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 377 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7295 |
From Henry Bence Jones 2 August 1870
Summary
CD has complained of pins and needles keeping him from working on his book [Descent]. If he could spend ten days with HBJ, he would be well and fit.
Author: | Henry Bence Jones |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Aug 1870 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 79 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7293 |
Document type
letter | (3) |
Author
Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Murray, John (b) | (1) |
Addressee
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Murray, John (b) | (1) |
Correspondent
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Murray, John (b) | (2) |
Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |