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Has CD made arrangements with D. Appleton for Movement in plants? CD’s instructions about the index have been forwarded.

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Cost of electrotypes from the woodcuts [in Movement in plants] for French and German editions. Suggests CD charge more than actual cost in order to repay his expenses.

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If every copy [of Movement in plants] is sold at 15s, CD will lose about £50.

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Six hundred copies of Movement in plants were wanted [at Murray’s annual sale] – a good start.

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Movement in plants needs only the index. Distressed by CD’s dissatisfaction with the indexer.

Eight hundred copies have now been sold. Type will be kept up.

Decision on printing additional copies should await reviews.

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Murray’s must reprint Descent. Does CD want to make any corrections in the plates?

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Five hundred more copies of Movement in plants must be printed immediately. Asks CD to send any corrections to printer.

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Murray’s will be happy to publish [Earthworms] on usual terms of two-thirds profits.

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Surprised by CD’s intention to publish [Earthworms] so soon. Remonstrates against doing so. Asks deferment until October to co-ordinate with American publication and ensure best profit.

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Hastens to assure CD that his book [Earthworms] will be published as soon as possible, since CD wishes it.

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Only 270 copies of Movement in plants remain. Suggests printing another 250 and then breaking up type. If CD agrees, has he any corrections?

Sends a copy of Earthworms.

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Will send copies [of Earthworms] shortly. Troubled by rumour of a mysterious copy in hands of a reviewer.

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Murray has sold 1200 copies [of Earthworms], so another printing of 500 is proposed. Has CD any corrections to send?

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Will perhaps have to print off 1000 extra copies [of Earthworms]. Electros of the woodcuts are ready for the German edition.

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Has sent copies [of Earthworms] to Annals & Magazine of Natural History and to Popular Science Review. If W. S. Dallas edits both, he will have two copies.

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Second thousand [of Earthworms] has been exhausted and 3d is being printed. Asks CD to send corrections to the printer.

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Memorandum: "3500 Worms!!!" sold at annual sale; 117 Movement in plants; 180 "Naturalist" [Journal of researches]; 600 Origin; 320 Descent.

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There will be no objection to the French translation or difficulty about woodcuts of Orchids.

Has not yet received the information about Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin.

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Estimates cost of F. Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin at £86 for 750 copies, less than £10 extra for 1000.

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Sends statement [missing] of cost and proceeds of publishing Facts and arguments for Darwin at 6s. Asks whether CD agrees to this price.