To John Murray 20 March [1867]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
March 20th.
My dear Sir
The new title is fixed.2 Many thanks about the clean sheets. I will not forget about the other german publisher.3 With respect to the number of copies I am in that useful frame of mind that when you propose a small number I wish for more & now that you propose 1500 I am frightened so my opinion goes for nothing.4
My dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
The new title is fixed. Thanks for clean sheets. As to number of copies, now that JM proposes 1500, CD is frightened.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5450
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 169–170)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5450,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5450.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15
