To R. F. Cooke 6 November 1881

Down, Beckenham, Kent | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R)

Nov. 6, 1881.

My dear Sir

I am much pleased at the sale of my books.¹ I suppose that you will have more of the Worm-book printed off, and I beg you to send me a set of sheets of the last reprint, as I must make a few more corrections and additions.² I will, if possible, avoid breaking up many sheets.

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

1

See letter from R. F. Cooke, 5 November 1881.

2

A third thousand of Earthworms was printed in early November with an errata slip but no resetting of the type (see Freeman 1977, p. 165). Several corrections were made in the fourth thousand (see letter to J. V. Carus, 2 November 1881 and n. 1). A fifth thousand was printed in early December with several additions (see letter from F. B. Zincke, 8 December 1881).

Bibliography

Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.

Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.