To R. F. Cooke 20 October 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Oct. 20— 1880
My dear Sir
I am much obliged for your note & kind regard for my interests.1 As M. Reinwald felt doubt about paying for Translator & bringing out my book, I promised him that he shd. have cliches at cost price, so I must keep my word & please let him have them at this price, viz 10£—, if he finally decides to have translation.—2
As my Books sell well in Germany it will, from what you say, be fair to charge Herr Koch 25£;; but he must not know that I have let the Frenchman have them for 10£.—3
The volume had better be in green to match the others & lettered
“The
Movements
of
Plants
———
Darwin”
I hope that the index-maker has completed his job.—4
Will you be so good as to send copies to whatever Reviews you think desirable: I wd. suggest Nature, Gardener’s Chronicle, & Journal of Botany.5
Before long I will send a list of copies to be distributed in England, & will despatch myself those for abroad.—6
My dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
CD promised Reinwald the clichés [for Movement in plants] at cost, so he is to be charged £10. Eduard Koch should be charged £25, since CD’s books sell well in Germany – but Koch must not know the French have them for £10.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12769
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 376–7)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12769,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12769.xml