To John Murray 29 April [1875]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
April 29th
My dear Sir
I have just received revises of 2 first sheets of Insectivorous plants, so you will soon have to decide how many copies to be struck off.— I do not know what to advise; the book may sell very poorly, on the other hand it would be a most unfortunate thing, if enough copies were not printed at first, for it is not likely to go into a 2d. Edit.— Please let me hear.—2 I shall take about 60 copies for friends & men who have aided me.—3
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Insectivorous plants will soon be ready to print. Does not know what to advise on size of printing. May sell poorly.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9955
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 312–312A)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9955,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9955.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23