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