To John Murray 3 December [1860]
Down Bromley Kent
Dec. 3d
My dear Mr Murray
In the copy of Origin sent me for correction p. 31, 32, 41, & 42 are missing.— if you can find them please send them, as it will be a bore copying them in M.S.; but it will not, of course, be worth cutting up a new copy.—
You did not answer my question in how great a hurry you are for the new Edition?—1 Shall I send the first half of sheets when ready. The corrections will enlarge volume by a dozen or so pages; there will also be a short Historical Sketch.2 I will give list of principle additions & corrections—3 I shd like words “with Corrections” on Title.—4
It will perhaps save you another note; if you will tell me to what printers I shall send sheets? Also may I direct printers to take especial & extra care of merely typical errors so that I may look only to sense; it would save me much time, & I am much pressed for time.
The Printers managed new paging of Index for last Reprint, & I must request same assistance this time.
My dear Mr Murray | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
I have just found an old Proof Sheet which will serve.—5
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin 3d ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 3d edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1861.
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
Asks again how great a hurry there is for new edition [of Origin, 3d ed.]. Corrections will enlarge volume by a dozen or twenty pages, plus a short historical sketch. Would like "With Corrections" in title.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3004
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.80–81)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3004,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3004.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8