The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

Analysis of the Sales of My Books

	Copies Sold	Cash Profit			Cash Loss			Total Profit			Total loss			Value of stock
Erewhon	3843	62	10	10	—			69	3	10		—		6	13	0
The Fair Haven	442	—			41	2	2	—			27	18	2	13	4	0
Life and Habit	640	—			4	17	1½	7	19	1½	—			12	16	3
Evolution Old & New	541	—			103	11	10	—			89	13	10	13	18	0
Unconscious Memory	272	—			38	13	5	—			38	13	5	—
Alps and Sanctuaries	332	—			113	6	4	—			110	18	4	22	8	0
Selections from Previous Works	120	—			51	4	10½	—			48	10	10½	2	14	0
Luck or Cunning?	284	—			41	6	4	—			13	18	10	27	7	6
Ex Voto	217	—			147	18	0	—			111	8	0	36	10	0
Life and Letters of Dr. Butler	201	—			216	18	0	—			193	18	0	23	0	0
The Authoress of the Odyssey	165	—			81	1	3	—			59	10	3	21	11	0
The Iliad in English Prose	157	—			89	4	8	—			77	6	8	11	18	0
A Holbein Card	6	—			8	1	9	—			8	1	9	—
A Book of Essays	0	—			3	11	9	—			—			3	11	9
		62	10	10	960	17	6	77	2	11½	779	18	1½	195	11	6

To this must be added my book on the Sonnets in respect of which I have had no account as yet but am over a hundred pounds out of pocket by it so far—little of which, I fear, is ever likely to come back.

It will be noted that my public appears to be a declining one; I attribute this to the long course of practical boycott to which I have been subjected for so many years, or, if not boycott, of sneer, snarl and misrepresentation. I cannot help it, nor if the truth were known, am I at any pains to try to do so. 369