To John Murray   [9 March 1872 or later]1

9. Devonshire St | Portland Place

My dear Mr Murray

Many thanks for your note. It really makes no difference to me whether you give me a Bill, or a cheque at the time proposed, for the 23 profits, i.e. £315,— Pray do whichever seems best to you. I have been vexed to find that some of my friends & as I hear some booksellers, complain of the type of the new Edit. of the Origin.2

I found no difficulty in reading the proofs, & my eyesight now is not very good; yet the lines now do seem to me not very distinct.— But there is no help for it, so it is no use thinking about it.—

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 9 March 1872.
2
The sixth edition of Origin was cheaper than the earlier ones. It had a smaller typeface and less spacing between the lines.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 a] interl
2.2 now] interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8230,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8230