To John Murray 22 January [1863]1
Down Bromley | Kent
Jan 22d
My dear Sir
Will you be so good as to send the “Origin”, pasting in enclosed paper, & addressed to
Th. Rivers Esqre 2
Nursery Grounds
Sawbridgeworth
Herts.
I shd. be curious to hear some time how the Orchis-Book has gone off,—whether any more copies have sold.3
It is too stiff reading for the Public; if praise from Botanists would sell, it would go off well.—
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
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.
Summary
Asks that a copy of Origin be sent to Thomas Rivers.
Curious about sale of Orchids. It is too stiff for the public. "If praise from Botanists would sell, it would go off well."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3936
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f. 127)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3936,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3936.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
