To John Murray   [after 1 July 1870]1

Down, Beckenham, Kent

Friday

My dear Sir

On thinking it over I feel more inclined to keep to “The Origin of Man” as the first part of the title to my book.2

Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

But I will be guided by you.

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1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 1 July 1870.
2
The reference is to Descent. CD vacillated over his choice for a title throughout 1870, finally approving the title in January 1871 (Correspondence vol. 19, letter to Robert Cooke, 12 January [1871]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7050,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7050