To R. F. Cooke 4 July [1875]1
(Abinger Hall)
July 4th
Home on the 6th
My dear Sir
I am uncommonly glad about the sale, & have detected no errata for I have not opened the book since it has been printed.— Your first sentence “You are to blame.”—has made me snigger, for I had hard work to persuade Mr. Murray to print 1250 instead of 1000; though I must own that I thought 1250 wd. have lasted for eternity.2
I do not believe that the sale will ultimately be large. Very many thanks about Messrs Appleton; I hope that you will see that the plates are despatched soon. to his agent Mr Layton(?) in the city.—3
Will you kindly inform Mr Reinwald of price of stereotypes of wood-blocks; I sent him the copy, as he has published translations of all my books, & pays me a trifle.—4 A German translation is preparing, so Herr Koch will require stereotypes.5
It is likely that a Russian Translation will appear.—6
I am most heartily glad of the Sale.—
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Insectivorous plants Russian trans.: Nasekomoyadnye rasteniya. [Translation of Insectivorous plants by Charles Darwin.] Translated under the direction of A. T. 2 vols. in three parts. Moscow: V. P. Plemyannikov.
Summary
Very glad about sales [of Insectivorous plants]. CD had hard work to persuade Murray to increase printing to 1250 copies, but owns he thought that number would last for eternity. U. S. publication and French, German, and Russian translations in the offing.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10041
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- Sent from
- Abinger Hall
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 332–3)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10041,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10041.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23