From Emma Darwin to John Murray [before 17 December 1863]1
Down Bromley | Kent.
Dear Sir
Mr Darwin who is not well enough to write himself desires me to ask you to be so kind as to send a copy of the last Edition of the Origin of Species to Mr Quaritch Piccadilly with the enclosed note to inform him where it is to be sent.2
I am yours obediently | Emma Darwin
Mr Darwin desires me to say that as you have never hesitated to authorize a foreign translation he has taken upon himself to authorise a translation into Italian without consulting you3
Footnotes
Bibliography
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.
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.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
CD too ill to write.
Asks that a presentation copy of Origin be sent off.
He has authorised an Italian translation of Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4352
- From
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 128–129)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4352,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4352.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11