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To J. C. Costerus and N. D. Doedes    [22?] March 18731

Down, Beckenham, Kent.

March 12 1873.

The University | Utrecht | Holland.

Gentlemen

I thank you cordially for your very kind letter.2 It is the highest satisfaction which any writer can hope for, to interest other students, especially the younger ones. Your letter has consequently been very welcome to me. Perhaps you would like to possess a photograph of me, as a souvenir of our correspondence, and therefore I send two copies.

Your advice about cheap edition is good. About a year ago I did publish in England a sixth and much cheaper edition of my Origin of species; but still it is not so cheap as many books on the continent.3

With my renewed and sincere thanks, | I remain, Dear Sirs, yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

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1
The copyist evidently wrote ‘12 March’ in error, probably mistaking a ‘2’ in CD’s handwriting for a ‘1’.
3
The sixth English edition of Origin sold for 7s. 6d. although CD had wanted it priced at 5s. (Correspondence vol. 20, letter to John Murray, 8 January [1872], and letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 February 1872).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8807,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8807