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To George Cupples   25 February 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Feb 25. 75

My dear Sir

Last night it suddenly occurred to me that I had not sent you the last Edition of the Descent of Man published in November.1 How I could have forgotten & what made me think of it last night is beyond my comprehension.

I have written to Murray2 to send you a copy; not that I suppose that you will care much about it, but I do care very much that you should not think me ungracious & ungrateful. The case about the greyhounds almost broke down3

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
CD refers to Descent 2d ed.
2
John Murray.
3
Cupples had provided CD with information on the proportion of sexes preserved in litters of greyhounds (see Descent 2d ed., p. 258 n. 99, and Correspondence vol. 22).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9874,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9874