My dear Sir

Many thanks for the copy of my book, of which the appearance pleases me much.

I wrote about M. Reinwald, when away from home and quite forgot how few copies he was going to print and that a clean copy had been sent him.² I have now written to him again and told him that I would give him the right of Translation for nothing.³ I am sorry to have troubled you by my blunder. In fact I was quite confused about the foreign editions, not having any memoranda with me.

I enclose list of 55 copies for London and England, and should be greatly obliged if you would distribute them, by Porter and Post, marking each “from Author.”⁴

Also please send me 30 copies (not marked for author) addressed to

“C. Darwin, Esq.” “Orpington Station Kent” “S. E. Railway”

I will assume that you will be able to send these 30 copies off on Tuesday.

Altogether I take 85 copies, (paying for 67 copies) and am very much obliged for the 18 copies.⁵

I thank you sincerely for all the great trouble you have taken for me, and I hope to Heaven I shall cause no more.

Soon after your sale, I should much like to know what the sale is of all my books at this sale.⁶

My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P. S. If you have to print more than the 2000, please let me hear at once, as a few trifling errata, such as dropped letters, have been detected, and I will then write to Messrs Clowes.⁷

I would recommend copies to be sent to “Nature” “Pop. Science Review”, the “Academy”, “Spectator”. But you know all this far better than I do.

Would it be worth sending a copy to any Art Journals, as artists have to consider expression.⁸