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DCP-LETT-7486

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Feb [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 387
Summary:

Bound copies [of Descent] have been dispatched to CD.

Robert Cooke, JM’s cousin and partner, has been nominated for Athenaeum; asks CD’s support.

Begs CD not to permit any notice by F. P. Cobbe to appear until after next week.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7489

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
19 Feb [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 280
Summary:

Discusses publication of Descent. Orders copies of vol. 2 sent to Wallace, Mivart, and F. P. Cobbe.

Will attend Athenaeum and vote for RC.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7496

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Feb [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 388
Summary:

A second edition [issue] of Descent may be needed in short time; preparations should be made, and corrections sent to Clowes. Wallace, Mivart, and F. P. Cobbe have been sent copies of both volumes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7507

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Feb [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 389
Summary:

Descent publication costs, "including a heavy item of £126 for corrections" have been received. JM can now offer CD 600 guineas for the edition of 2500 copies.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7509A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
23 Feb 1871
Source of text:
DAR 249: 105
Summary:

Receipt for payment by John Murray of £630 for the first edition, consisting of 2500 copies, of Descent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7519

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Feb [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 390
Summary:

First edition [issue] of Descent is exhausted. Asks CD to send corrections at once for a new printing of at least 1000 copies.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9237

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
[1 Mar 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 437
Summary:

Discusses new edition of Descent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7555

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
8 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 222–3)
Summary:

Asks what his profits on the reprints of Descent will be when half have been sold.

Good reviews in Saturday Review and Pall Mall Gazette;

contemptuous one as usual in Athenæum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7559

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 391
Summary:

JM will print 2000 more copies of Descent as a second edition [issue]. Profits should be large as expenses are small.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7577

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
13 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 143: 435
Summary:

Pleased about sale and new issue [of Descent]. Discusses presentation copies.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7597

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 392
Summary:

Second "edition" [of Descent] published this day. Offers CD 800 guineas.

Mentions Wallace’s review in Academy.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7603

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
20 Mar 1871
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 250–1)
Summary:

Pleased with sum the reprint [of Descent] has produced. Terms of payment accepted.

Thanks JM for Nonconformist [review of Descent, 32 (1871): 240–1].

Would like to see other out-of-way reviews – especially religious.

Other reviews favourable, including Wallace’s [see 7569], which is admirable.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7604

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 393
Summary:

Demand [for Descent] is such that JM thinks he will have to print 1000 more copies. Does not want to trouble CD for corrections.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7608

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
21 Mar 1871
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 252)
Summary:

Is astonished at sale [of Descent]. Will make no additions, but must correct a few misprints and errors [for third issue].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7610

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
22 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42153 ff. 58–9)
Summary:

Has this day sent off corrections for new issue [of Descent]. Asks whether title-page may read "Sixth Thousand".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7611

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 171: 394
Summary:

Completes payment for 2d issue [of Descent]; has sold 1300 of the 2000 copies printed. Will probably print 2000 more for 3d issue.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7613

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
23 Mar 1871
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42153 ff. 44–5)
Summary:

Amount received from 2d issue of Descent now stands at £840. Would be glad to have 2000 more copies printed because he wants time to collect information for a corrected edition.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7676

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Apr [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 395
Summary:

Asks CD’s opinion of a request from Loescher of Turin. Thinks Loescher should have named his translator.

Does CD know the name of the Times reviewer?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7680

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
13 Apr [1871]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 220–1)
Summary:

Has no idea who wrote the Times review [of Descent]. Writer has no knowledge of science and "seems a windbag full of metaphysics & classics".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7709

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
23 Apr [1871]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 240–1)
Summary:

Asks JM to lend him his copy of 1st edition (1806) of Charles Bell’s Anatomy of expression.

JM should tell him when he wants new cheap edition of Origin, so he can arrange his plans and time.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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