To John Murray 8 January [1872]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Jan. 8th
My dear Sir
Will you be so good as to give orders for the immediate printing off of copies of the Diagram for the new Edit. of the Origin.2 The new Edit will be (with Index) I think 448 pages; & as it has no illustrations, do you not think 6s is too dear for a cheap Edit? Would not 5s be better?3 Pray think of this. The public are accustomed to novels for 1s.—
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Mr Dallas has made an excellent Glossary.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
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.
Summary
Requests printing of diagram for new [6th] edition of Origin. Thinks 6s may be too dear for a cheap edition.
Dallas has done an excellent glossary.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8152
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 271)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8152,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8152.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
