My dear Sir

Excuse the delay in replying to you, but just now I am more than usually occupied, as our Annual Trade Sale is approaching.

I was much astonished to find you had not received any proofs of the Cheap Edition & I wrote to Mess^rs. Clowes & I enclose their reply.¹

You had better agree to have this edition stereotyped. If it takes, the advantage will be great & you can always make verbal alterations or even cancel pages. All that is requisite, is, that you sh^d. fill up the quantity you take out.²

We shall sell out, all the copies we have remaining of the “Descent” at our Sale on the 10^th. The type is still up & so we can print off 500 or 1000 more & then let Clowes distribute the type.³

I suppose you are now deep in the Contemporary.⁴ I have dipped into it, but not read it.

Yours faithfully | Rob^t. Cooke

We have sold 14 copies of M^r Wrights pamphlet.⁵

We purpose to publish cheap edition of “Origin” whenever it is ready⁶

Cha^s. Darwin Esq