To John Murray 16 September [1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Sept. 16th
My dear Sir
I have just received a letter from J. D. Walsh Esqre of Rock Isld. Illinois U. States, saying that he has never yet received the copy of my last book as ordered when book first published..2 Pray kindly make enquiries & let me hear.— The same thing happened with him with 4th Edit of Origin & I had to send a 2d copy, & months afterwards he received the first copy.—3 It is very provoking, as the gift ceases altogether to be a compliment. Several of my foreign correspondents have made similar complaints. The copy for Walsh in my list was directed to be sent to Bailliere New York.4
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin
Mr W. says he has written to Bailliere of New York who answer not arrived.—5
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
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.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
B. D. Walsh has not received his copy of Variation. Several other foreign correspondents have similar complaints.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6369
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.190–191)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6369,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6369.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
