To John Murray 12 May [1871]1
Bassett | Southampton
May 12th.
My dear Mr Murray
All right & very pleasant.— You can send Bills here, or wait about 10 days & send to Down.—2
Please specially remember that I shall require at least 6 weeks notice before a new Edit. of “Descent”, has to go to press, as it will be considerably corrected.—
I wrote the other day to Mr Cooke about the cheap ed. of the Origin.3 I am becoming very anxious for such an edition, as I could advantageously answer objections in it. Will you be so kind as to inform me, as soon as you can decide on the subject, as I cd then work slowly in preparing it.
I do not quite understand what the editor of Vanity Fair wants;4 I cd send him 2 or 3 of the best photos which have been made of me, but I could not endure to give sittings to his artists, if that is what he wishes.
yours sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Will require at least six weeks’ notice before a new edition of Descent has to go to press because of considerable corrections needed.
Thinks cheap edition of Origin is needed, since he could answer objections in it.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7755
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Bassett
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 244–5)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7755,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7755.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19