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i.e. 7th or 8th that I may send it with more to Murray; 

 and God help him if he tries to read it. 



... I cannot help a little doubting whether Lyell would 

 take much pains to induce Murray to publish my book ; 

 this was not done at my request, and it rather grates against 

 my pride. 



I know that Lyell has been infinitely kind about my 

 affair, but your dashed [i.e. underlined] " induce " gives the 

 idea that Lyell had unfairly urged Murray. 



C. D. to J. Murray. Down, April 5th [1859]. 



My dear Sir, I send by this post, the Title (with 

 some remarks on a separate page), and the first three chap- 

 ters. If you have patience to read all Chapter L, I honestly 

 think you will have a fair notion of the interest of the whole 

 book. It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will in- 

 terest the public, and I am sure that the views are original. 

 If you think otherwise, I must repeat my request that you 

 will freely reject my work ; and though I shall be a little 

 disappointed, I shall be in no way injured. 



If you choose to read Chapters II. and III., you will 

 have a dull and rather abstruse chapter, and a plain and in- 

 teresting one, in my opinion. 



As soon as you have done with the MS., please to send 

 it by careful messenger, and 'plainly directed, to Miss G-. 

 Tollett,* 14, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square. 



This lady, being an excellent judge of style, is going to 

 look out for errors for me. 



You must take your own time, but the sooner you finish, 

 the sooner she will, and the sooner I shall get to press, which 

 I so earnestly wish. 



I presume you will wish to see Chapter IV.,f the key- 

 stone of my arch, and Chapters X. and XL, but please to 

 inform me on this head. 



My dear Sir, yours sincerely. 



On April 11th he wrote to Hooker : 



" I write one line to say that I heard from Murray yes- 

 terday, and he says he has read the first three chapters of 

 [my] MS. (and this includes a very dull one), and he abides 



* Miss Tollett was an old friend of the family. 



f In the first edition Chapter iv. was on Natural Selection. 



