To John Murray   24 February [1861]

Down Bromley Kent

Feb. 24.

My dear Sir

At last I am able to send last corrected sheet.—1

Please look at back of Title-page: if you object to my inserting my Geological works, strike them out;2 I care little. Please look also, at Postscript p. XII; I most particularly hope you will not object to this insertion.3

Please forward the sheet without loss of time to Messrs Clowes.4 Please do not forget in any Advertisement to insert “with Additions & corrections”. Is Third Edition with additions ever printed on Back of Cloth??

Will you oblige me by kindly distributing copies by enclosed list, which please do not lose.—5

I hope you will be generous & present me some copies. Has my Journal sold at all satisfactorily?6

My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

Endorsement: ‘/61’

1
CD was correcting the proofs for a new edition of Origin. The third edition was published in April 1861.
2
A listing of CD’s previous publications was included on p. iv of the third edition of Origin. The list included Journal of researches, Coral reefs, Volcanic islands, South America, and Living Cirripedia (1851, 1854).
3
An advertisement for A. Gray 1861a was inserted on p. xii.
4
The firm of William Clowes & Sons printed the first and subsequent editions of Origin.
5
CD’s list of presentation copies for the third edition of Origin is in DAR 210.18. It is transcribed in Correspondence vol. 9, Correspondence vol. 9, Appendix VII.
6
Murray had brought out a new printing of CD’s Journal of researches in 1860. It was advertised on the title page as being the ‘Tenth thousand’. See Correspondence vol. 8.

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