From R. F. Cooke 25 November 1872
50A, Albemarle Street, London, W.
Nov 25 1872
My dear Sir
We must publish yr work tomorrow & have only 4000 instead of 7000 to do so.1
The Trade & public will be dissatisfied, but we must defy them & it may be advisable to get 6 Policemen to defend this house.
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
C. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Murray’s must publish [Expression] tomorrow with only 4000 copies, because plates for 3000 additional copies have not yet been delivered. The trade and public will be dissatisfied. It may be advisable to get police to defend the house.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8646
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 432
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8646,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8646.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
