To John Murray 6 August [1867]1
Down
Aug 6.
My dear Sir
I enclose the 4 large vols.2 After you have considered them will you be so kind as to return them to the enclosed address. in the same box.—
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 5 August [1867].
CD had recommended Brehm et al. 1864–9, four volumes of which had been sent to him by the publisher, for translation. See letter from H. J. Meyer, 30 July 1867, letter to John Murray, 4 August [1867], and letter from John Murray, 5 August [1867] and n. 3.
Summary
Sends the four volumes [of Brehm’s Thierleben] for Murray’s consideration.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5599
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- S. J. Hessel (private collection)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5599,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5599.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15
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