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From John Murray   10 June [1870]1

50, Albemarle St. | W.

June 10.

My Dear Sir

Judging from what you have told me from time to time about your new book, I shd not be surprised if you were in that state of forwardness—that you might allow me to announce it as a forthcoming publication in my next Quarterly List. If this shd turn out to be the case, I shd be obliged by your favoring me with a form of Title— if I am mistaken, & you are not nearly ready to go to press—I pray you to excuse me for thus troubling you, at least I shall understand silence to mean that the time has not yet come. I hope your health is good & think our Artists have executed well—the few woodcuts you have put in hand—2

I am my Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray

Charles Darwin Esq

1
The date is established by a pencil annotation on the letter and by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 9 April [1870].
2
CD had planned to speak to Murray about woodcuts for Descent in November 1869 (see Correspondence vol. 17, letter to John Murray, [after 18 September 1869] and n. 5). He also had woodcuts made by George Henry Ford and Edward Alfred Smith (see Correspondence vol. 17).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7226,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7226