To Smith, Elder & Co 30 October 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 30th 1875.
Dear Sir
I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for 2£"8s"10d, being half Profits on sale of 2d. Edit of Coral Reefs up to June 30th.1
I have received this cheque with infinite satisfaction, for I have gone on fearing that the publication of the 2d. Edit, might have caused you actual loss.—2
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
To | Messrs. Smith & Elder
Footnotes
Bibliography
Coral reefs 2d ed.: The structure and distribution of coral reefs. By Charles Darwin. Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874.
Coral reefs: The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £2 8s 10d for 2d edition of Coral reefs.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10233
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lehigh University Libraries Special Collections (Honeyman Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10233,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10233.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
