To John Murray 3 May [1861]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
May 3d
My dear Sir
I am sorry for your sake, as well as my own, for the mistake. I return your Bill & shd be obliged for a new one. I have altered the receipt, whether as altered it will suffice I know not.—1 There were few corrections in the last Edition, though several pages added, yet I am surprised, at so large a reduction of profit, relatively to the last Edition, which since receiving your note, I have calculated.2
Kindly attend to the few points specified in my last note & believe me | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Regrets the error in the bill and receipt. CD is surprised at so large a reduction in profit in the last edition.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3136
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f. 103)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3136,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3136.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
