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To R. F. Cooke   26 February [1871]1

Down, Bromley, Kent. S.E.

Feb. 26

My dear Sir

I have had a note from Dr. Lawson, Editor of Pop. Science Review, on other matters, and he remarks that he is surprised you did not send my Book to this Review of which sale is 2000–3000.2 I remember suggesting this Review to you which is very good and which would be sure to give a good and favourable notice of my Book. I hope that you will reconsider the subject, and send a copy. Dr. Lawson wrote the good article in the London Review.3

Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

Copy

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 January [1871].
2
The letter from Henry Lawson has not been found.
3
The article has not been identified. CD had approved of a review of Origin in the London Review (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 July [1860]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7517,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7517