To R. F. Cooke 23 [February 1869]1
6. Queen Anne St
Tuesday 23d. night.
My dear Sir
After much hesitation I will fix for 1000 copies, though I fear that it is foolish.—2
With respect to price I will leave it your kind decision what is best: I have paid for woodcuts & translation 20£.— Nevertheless I shd think that 6s ought to be the utmost price.—3
I enclose list of (7) copies for Reviews, & (12) for presentation to friends, most of which I will forward as they have to go abroad.— Kindly inform me by letter when the 8 copies are sent to Down.—
Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Fritz Muller for Reviews.
(1) Scientific Opinion
(2) Athenæum
(3) Quarterly Journal of Science
(4) Popular Science Review
(5) Annals & Mag. of Natural History
(6) Intellectual observer
(7) Geological Magazine
Fritz Muller
8 copies to be sent to C. Darwin care of Down Postman, Bromley, Kent Per. Rail (Kindly inform me when sent by Rail.)
3 copies to W. D. Dallas Esq.4 Geological Soc. Somerset House
1 Copy to “C. Spence Bate Esqre.5 8, Mulgrave Terrace Plymouth.” marking “From Author.— ” (Making 12 copies)
Footnotes
Summary
Agrees to printing 1000 copies of Fritz Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin though he fears it is foolish. Lists seven publications for review copies.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6628
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Francis Cooke
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 194–197)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6628,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6628.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
