From R. F. Cooke   3 October 1881

My dear Sir

I hope to send you the copies of your new volume done up for transmission Abroad, tomorrow or next day & to distribute the presentation copies for friends towards the end of the week.¹

I hear of a mysterious copy of the work having been seen in the hands of a reviewer & I tremble in case a premature notice may appear before our copies go out to the Press generally.²

Yours faithfully | Rob^t. Cooke

Cha^s. Darwin Esq