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To John Murray   25 [July 1859]1

Down Bromley Kent [Moor Park]

25th

My dear Sir

I write to say that 5 sheets are returned to Printers ready to strike off & two more sheets require only a revise; so that I presume you will soon have to decide what number of copies to print off—

I am quite incapa-2 of forming any opinion.— I think I have got the style fairly good & clear with infinite trouble. But whether the Book will be successful to a degree to satisfy you, I really cannot conjecture. I heartily hope it may.—

My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

I am writing this at Moor Park Hydropathic establishment whither I have had to retreat for a week’s strength, but I return home tomorrow.3

1
Dated by CD’s reference to being at Moor Park hydropathic establishment (see n. 3, below).
2
CD did not finish the word on the next page.
3
CD visited Moor Park from 19 to 26 July 1859 (‘Journal’; Appendix II).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2477,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2477