From R. F. Cooke 10 November 1880
50A, Albemarle Street, London. W.
Nov 10 1880
My dear Sir
We are only waiting for the printer to finish off the Index & end of yr book & I understood from Mr Clowes1 who was here yesterday that you had not then retd. it for press.
What you say of the Index maker has distressed us as it is by the same hand that has done your previous ones with which you have been well pleased.2
Take no trouble as to the Type of the work.3 It will be kept standing for 5 or 6 months certain without charge & we had better wait for the hostile criticisms !!! before we print any more off.
We have now sold 800 Copies
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
Chas. Darwin Esq
We will not forget Nature4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.
Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.
Summary
Movement in plants needs only the index. Distressed by CD’s dissatisfaction with the indexer.
Eight hundred copies have now been sold. Type will be kept up.
Decision on printing additional copies should await reviews.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12807
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 512
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12807,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12807.xml
