To John Murray 17 November [1870]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Nov. 17th
My dear Sir
I am much pleased at your sale. I suggest, though suggestions to you on such a point are superfluous, that 3000 copies be printed.2 With my distribution & copies & for Review & Libraries, not much more than 500 will now be left on hand.3
I fear I shall not have done correcting till end of year; the corrections are frightful & I think I must have another week’s rest
Yours very 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–.
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
Pleased at [advance] sale [of Descent]. Suggests 3000 copies be printed. Corrections are frightful and, CD fears, will not be done until end of year.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7374
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f. 242)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7374,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7374.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18