From John Murray   2 February [1872]1

50, Albemarle St. | W.

Feby 2

Dear Mr Darwin

It is only reasonable & just that I shd comply with your wishes regarding your own works as far as possible—& I shall certainly not refuse one so strenuously urged by you as that of allowing your American publisher to have a set of stereotypes of the new Edn. of the Origin of Species.—2 I have ascertained from Clowes3 that the cost will exceed £30— Appleton them for £50.—

I hope you will receive copies of your new Edn. between the 8th & 10th.

My Dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | John Murray

Chas Darwin Esq

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 30 January 1872.
2
See letter to John Murray, 30 January 1872. Murray refers to Origin 6th ed. CD’s American publisher was D. Appleton & Co.
3
William Clowes & Sons were printers to Murray.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8195,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8195