To John Murray 28 May [1866]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
May 28
My dear Sir
You are much the best judge about the number of copies to print off.2 I have corrected the vol. thoroughly & improved it I think a good deal; but have added, which perhaps you will be sorry to hear, about 50 pages.3 I hope you will think it worth while to advertise the book as added to & corrected.4 I suppose you have remembered the lithographed Diagram.5
I trust to your kindness to give me a few copies, for I shall have to give away a dozen or two in addition.6
I am much obliged for your kind expressions about my improved health; & now that the Origin is nearly finished I hope to make real progress in my next book—7
My dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
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
Has corrected and improved Origin.
Now hopes to make real progress [on Variation].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5103
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 143–144)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5103,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5103.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14