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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

LS(A)

2
A list of CD’s publications appeared on the verso of the title page of Variation 2d ed. Origin 6th ed. was listed as the seventeenth thousand.
3
CD had asked Murray to send his account for copies of Insectivorous plants distributed on CD’s behalf, deducting CD’s own presentation copies, which were free (see letter to John Murray, 20 November 1875).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.5 The … puff.— 1.6] added in CD’s hand

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10272,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10272