To John Murray 5 February [1860]1
Down Bromley Kent
Feb. 5th
My dear Sir
Very many thanks about Bailliere & extract (highly flattering) from German Newspaper.—2
If you have not already taken, will you please to take proper steps in Germany for reserving to me power of Translation.—
Shall you have new title-page for my Journal? if so would it not be splendid puff to put in 7th Thousandth, or if Colburn’s Edition of 1500 might be added 8th thousandth3
Yours very truly | C. Darwin
How many copies shall you print? Do not think of answering this on purpose.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Journal of researches: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.
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
Thanks JM for highly flattering extract from German newspaper.
Asks JM to take steps to reserve to CD right of translation in Germany.
If there is to be a new title-page to Journal of researches, it would be a "splendid puff" to put in "7th thousand", or if Colburn’s 1500 can be added: "8th thousand".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2688
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.88–89)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2688,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2688.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8
