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From:

John Murray

To:

Charles Robert Darwin

Date:

6 Jan [1876]

Source of text:

DAR 171: 481

Summary:

At last, Expression is beginning to sell again.

Cooke has not yet decided on number of Variation [2d ed.] to print.

Contributor:

Darwin Correspondence Project

From:

Charles Robert Darwin

To:

John Murray

Date:

15 Nov 1876

Source of text:

National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 306–7)

Summary:

Is satisfied with sales of his books.

Did not expect Orchids to sell more than 600 or 700 copies.

Only bad item is Expression, which astonishes him, since it sells well in Germany.

Asks size of printing of Cross and self-fertilisation; thinks 1500 would be ample.

Contributor:

Darwin Correspondence Project