To John Murray 22 March [1871]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
March 22d
My dear Mr Murray
Be so kind as to remember I must have one copy (pages cut) of the last 1000 to be printed on account of the few new corrections, sent off today.—2 The number will now be 5500— Would it be worth while as a puff & for my pride’s sake to put on title “sixth thousandth”.3 It is correct thus to speak of number?? But I beg you not to be guided by me in your decision: it may look too vain, or some other objection.—
yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
(I have thanked Messrs Clowes warmly)4
I see Reviews, not yet read, in Pall Mall & Observer.—5
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Summary
Has this day sent off corrections for new issue [of Descent]. Asks whether title-page may read "Sixth Thousand".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7610
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42153 ff. 58–9)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7610,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7610.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19