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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
5 [Aug 1870]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 209–10)
Summary:

MS of Descent, except last chapter, is ready to send to printer. Hopes the printer will be able to keep him steadily at work correcting proof. "It drives me mad to change from job to job."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Aug [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 377
Summary:

JM informs CD that he will have Clowes give him written assurance that the printing [of Descent] will proceed without interruption.

The [Franco-Prussian] War is a sad damper on international science and his publishing plans.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project