To Robert Francis Cooke [22 February 1869]1
6 Queen Anne St
Monday,
My dear Sir
I have just been applied to for permission for a French translation of my Orchis book.2 As Mr Murray has never objected, I have assumed that he will not in this case. I write now to ask whether you will supply, if required, stereotypes of the woodcuts at prime cost, or only at a slight increase;3 for if there is any large charge, I feel nearly sure that the work will not appear, which I should regret. If in your power would you let me have an answer by tomorrow evening as we return home early on Wednesday morning.4
Dear Sir | yours very faithfully | 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–.
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Somerville, Mary. 1869. On molecular and microscopic science. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Summary
Assumes Murray will give permission for French translation of Orchids; asks that stereotypes of woodcuts be supplied at cost, since if expensive the work will not appear.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6966
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 200)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6966,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6966.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
