To Smith, Elder & Co. 30 March [1846]
Down Bromley Kent
Monday | March 30th.
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your note & very clear Agreements, one of which I return signed. I am sorry, (though I hardly expected it) that you can not aid me in my Third Part, which I must publish, as well as I can, by commission with you.—1
It is provoking that the rules of the trade will not permit you to sell the Geolog. Parts at reduced prices,2 for of course putting a new title page, as for a new Edition, would do only for such gentlemen as Mr. Colburn & Co.—3 Whatever it costs my third Part shall be sold at not more s 10. d 6.— I must economise in every possible way, for many engravings are wanted for it—4
Allow me once again to thank you for the uniformly kind attention which I have on every occasion received from you & believe me dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin
Footnotes
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Barnes, James John. 1964. Free trade in books: a study of the London book trade since 1800. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Coral reefs: The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
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.
South America: Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846.
Volcanic islands: Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844.
Zoology: The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. 5 pts. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1838–43.
Summary
Discusses publication of his book [South America].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-967
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 967,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-967.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3