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To John Murray   23 March 18711

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

March 23d 1871

My dear Mr Murray

I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of a Bill for £630, which together with £210 placed to my account, amounts to £840 for 2d. Edit of my Descent of Man.2

I shall be glad if you feel justified in printing 2000 more copies, as I shd be liken to have 12 or whole year to collect information before bringing out a well corrected edition, which will take me one or two months.

Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Many Thanks for some Reviews which I believe came from you.

J. Murray Esq

1
CD refers to the second printing of Descent (see letter from John Murray, 22 March 1871 and n. 1).
2
CD refers to the second printing of Descent (see letter from John Murray, 22 March 1871 and n. 1).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Beckenham] before del ‘Bromley.’
1.1 £630] ‘£’ above ‘630’
1.2 £210] ‘£’ above ‘210’
1.3 £840] ‘£’ above ‘840’
2.3 liken] above del ‘glad’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7613,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7613