To Smith, Elder & Co. [14 January 1843]
Down near Bromley | Kent
Saturday
Dear SIr
Will you be so good as to send me in your account.— You will have to allow me for the Woodcuts, which I paid myself.—
Mr Bells most unfortunate & long illness has delayed the last number of Reptiles—1 Just before he was taken ill, I saw most of the M.S. ready.—
When you next see Mr. Hinds will you be so good as to inform him of this delay, as he wished to know, when next number wd appear.—
I am very glad Mr. Hinds is going to publish with you.—2
Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin
P.S. I shd like to know amount of sale of the Coral Volume
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hinds, Richard Brinsley, ed. 1844. The zoology of the voyage of HMS Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher … during the years 1836–42. 2 vols. London.
Reptiles: Reptiles. Pt 5 of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. By Thomas Bell. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1843.
Summary
Asks for account.
Discusses delay of Reptiles by Thomas Bell. Asks them to inform R. B. Hinds of delay.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-658
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 658,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-658.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
