To R. F. Cooke   23 [February 1869]1

6. Queen Anne St

Tuesday 23d. night.

My dear Sir

After much hesitation I will fix for 1000 copies, though I fear that it is foolish.—2

With respect to price I will leave it your kind decision what is best: I have paid for woodcuts & translation 20£.— Nevertheless I shd think that 6s ought to be the utmost price.—3

I enclose list of (7) copies for Reviews, & (12) for presentation to friends, most of which I will forward as they have to go abroad.— Kindly inform me by letter when the 8 copies are sent to Down.—

Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Fritz Muller for Reviews.

(1) Scientific Opinion

(2) Athenæum

(3) Quarterly Journal of Science

(4) Popular Science Review

(5) Annals & Mag. of Natural History

(6) Intellectual observer

(7) Geological Magazine

Fritz Muller

8 copies to be sent to C. Darwin care of Down Postman, Bromley, Kent Per. Rail (Kindly inform me when sent by Rail.)

3 copies to W. D. Dallas Esq.4 Geological Soc. Somerset House

1 Copy to “C. Spence Bate Esqre.5 8, Mulgrave Terrace Plymouth.” marking “From Author.— ” (Making 12 copies)

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 23 February 1869.
2
According to John Murray’s ledger book (John Murray Archive, National Library of Scotland), 1000 copies of Facts and arguments for Darwin (Dallas trans. 1869) were printed. Murray received a ten per cent commission for sales and warehousing. After one year, a loss of £21 2s. 3d. was recorded, but over the next ten years small profits were recorded each year.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

3.1 (7)] interl
3.1 (12)] interl
3.2 by letter] interl
6.2 (Kindly … Rail.)] square brackets in MS

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6628,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6628