To John Murray 23 November 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Nov 23. 75
My dear Sir
I return with many thanks the receipts signed, and am obliged to you for saving me so much trouble.1 Please always let me hear when more copies of any of my books are struck off, as there may be errors to correct. Can you find out from your books, how many copies of the ‘Origin’ have been printed from the first, as I shall soon want to know for the list of my books in the new Edit of ‘Var: under Dom’: The number seems to me a good puff.—2
I enclose a cheque for yr account which please return receipted, & you then can let me know about the ‘Origin’. You have been very handsome about presentation copies of ‘Insectivorous Plants’3
My dear Sir | Yrs very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Asks to be informed whenever more copies of his books are printed, as there may be errors to correct.
Asks how many copies of Origin have been printed "from the first". The number will be "a good puff" when listed in the new edition of Variation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10272
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 316–17)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10272,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10272.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
