To R. F. Cooke   13 October [1871]1

Down, Beckenham, Kent

Oct. 13th.

My dear Sir

Mr Dallas has almost agreed to make glossary of 6–8 pages of Index Type for the 10£, to be finished by November 20th.; and I do not think I can possibly finish quite so soon as that,—though I have lately been making good progress.2 I have sent 6 first Chapters to Messrs Clowes, and have heard from him that he will attend to it.3 I gave no instructions about size of type, number of lines in page &c. I presume that you have seen to all this.

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin.

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1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 9 October 1871.
2
William Sweetland Dallas made a glossary for the sixth edition of Origin.
3
William Clowes & Sons were the printers of Origin.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8007,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8007