To John Murray 21 March 1871

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

Mar 21. 1871

My dear M^r Murray

I am astonished at the sale of my book.¹ I will make no additions but must correct a few misprints & errors.²

I will send the sheets tomorrow to Mess^rs Clowes,³ who have been wonderfully kind in keeping up the types so long.

yours very faithfully | Ch Darwin

Footnotes

For more on the corrections CD made for the third printing of Descent, see the letter from J. V. Carus, 15 March 1871 and n. 2.

CD refers to the firm William Clowes & Sons, John Murray’s printers.

Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.

Is astonished at sale [of Descent]. Will make no additions, but must correct a few misprints and errors [for third issue].

Letter no.: DCP-LETT-7608
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: John Murray
Sent from: Down
Source of text: National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 252)
Physical description: LS 1p

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7608,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7608.xml

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