1863.] EVOLUTION IN FRANCE. 7 



science. What an interesting discovery that of the remains 

 of prehistoric man ! 



Believe me, dear Sir, 



With the most cordial respect and thanks, 

 Yours very faithfully, 



Charles Darwin. 



C. Darwin to Camille Dareste* 



Down, Feb. 16 [1863]. 



Dear and respected Sir. — I thank you sincerely for 

 your letter and your pamphlet. I had heard (I think in one 

 of M. Ouatrefages' books) of your work, and was most 

 anxious to read it, but did not know where to find it. You 

 could not have made me a more valuable present. I have 

 only just returned home, and have not yet read your work ; 

 when I do if I wish to ask any questions I will venture to 

 trouble you. Your approbation of my book on Species has 

 gratified me extremely. Several naturalists in England, 

 North America, and Germany, have declared that their 

 opinions on the subject have in some degree been modified, 

 but as far as I know, my book has produced no effect what- 

 ever in France, and this makes me the more gratified by your 

 very kind expression of approbation. Pray believe me, dear 

 Sir, with much respect, 



Yours faithfully and obliged, 



Ch. Darwin. 



C. Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 



Down, Feb. 24 [1863]. 

 My dear Hooker. — I am astonished at your note. I have 



* Professor Dareste is a well- to Paris. My father took a special 



known worker in Animal Terato- interest in Dareste's work on the 



logy. He was in 1863 living at production of monsters, as bearing 



Lille, but has since then been called on the causes of variation. 



