To R. F. Cooke 6 October 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 6. 75
My dear Sir
I fear Var: under Dom: will not be ready for yr sale, unless you can get the printers to send proofs more quickly.1 I have only corrected to Ch X as yet, & the corrections have been very slight, with only one sheet revised; but the corrections will I fear be heavier in the remainder, as much more has been added & omitted. The repaging of the index will also take up much of Messrs Clowes time
I will write to Italy & tell the Publishers, that they can have the wood blocks for £10 on pre-payment2 I suppose that you will write about Lyell’s work, & if so please inform them of the cost of blocks & photographs of my Expression book.3 If you do not write, let me hear the cost & I will inform them
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
PS | Let me hear the result of yr trade sale4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Lyell, Charles. 1875. Principles of geology: or, the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 12th edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Fears Variation [2d ed.] will not be ready for Murray’s annual sale unless printer sends proof more quickly. Arrangements with Italian publishers.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10184
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Francis Cooke
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 326–7)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10184,” accessed on 28 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10184.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23