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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

1
The publication of Expression was limited by the number of heliotype plates available (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 20 November 1872).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8646,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8646