From R. F. Cooke 11 January 1871
50A, Albemarle Street, London, W.
Jany. 11 1871
My dear Sir
Will you look at the enclosed Title page & make any additions or corrections to it & return it for press.1
I have no doubt when the Index is made & set up, you will be very anxious for copies of the work & it would be just as well for us to have Vol 1 put in the Binder’s hands at once; as this will expedite matters.2
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
C. Darwin Esq
I find the Index to your work on Animals & Plants occupies 54 pages
& the one in Origin of Species but 15 pages.3
Have you any idea as to what the Index to the new work will occupy?
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Sends title-page of Descent for approval. Asks whether CD has any idea of size of index.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7436
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 383
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7436,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7436.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
