From John Murray 1 July 1870
50, Albemarle St. | W.
July 1./70
With John Murrays Comps & thanks to Mr Darwin receipt for £60"9"4 enclosed.1
Chas. Darwin Esq | &c &c &c
Dear Sir
Mr Cooke forgot to point to you yesterday that in arranging the sum paid to you for the last Edition of your “Origin” we had to consider the reduction of its price by one shilling below that of the former Edn.2
Of the Titles you have preferred The Descent of Man—& Selection according to Sex— This need not bind you permanently as to your Title. At all events I am glad we have got rid of an objectionable adjective—3
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray
Ch Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Financial adjustments for last edition of Origin
and a tentative title for the new work: "Descent of man and selection according to sex". [Later changed to "in relation to sex".]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7259
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 376
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7259,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7259.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
