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Letter 19S the whole would interest me greatly, and I have already 

 found several parts very useful, such as the discussion on 

 cells and on the different forms of reproduction. I feel sure, 

 after considering the subject deliberately and after consulting 

 with Hux]ey, that it would be hopeless to endeavour to 

 get a publisher to print an English translation ; the work 

 is too profound and too long for our English countrymen. 

 The number of new terms would also, I am sure, tell 

 much against its sale ; and, indeed, I wish for my own sake 

 that you had printed a glossary of all the new terms which 

 you use. I fully expect that your book will be highly 

 successful in Germany, and the manner in which you often 

 refer to me in your text, and your dedication and the 

 title, I shall always look at as one of the greatest honours 1 

 conferred on me during my life. 



I sincerely hope that you have had a prosperous expe- 

 dition, and have met with many new and interesting animals. 

 If you have spare time I should much like to hear what you 

 have been doing and observing. As for myself, I have sent 

 the MS. of my book on domestic animals, etc., to the 

 printers. It turns out to be much too large ; it will not be 

 published, I suppose, until next November. I find that we 

 have discussed several of the same subjects, and I think 

 we agree on most points fairly well. I have lately heard 

 several times from Fritz Miiller, but he seems now chiefly 

 to be working on plants. I often think of your visit to 

 this house, which I enjoyed extremely, and it will ever be 

 to me a real pleasure to remember our acquaintance. From 

 what I heard in London I think you made many friends 

 there. Shall you return through England ? If so, and you 

 can spare the time, we shall all be delighted to see you 

 here again. 



1 As regards the dedication and title this seems a strong expression. 

 The title is " Generelle Morphologie der Organismen. Allgemeine 

 Grundzuge der organischen Formen-Wissenschaft mechanisch begriindet 

 durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Uescendenz-Theorie." The 

 dedication of the second volume is " Den Begriindern der Descendenz- 

 Theorie, den denkenden Naturforschern, Charles Darwin, Wolfgang 

 Goethe, Jean Lamarck widmet diese Grundzuge der Allgemeinen 

 Entwickelungsgeschichte in vorziiglicher Verehrung, der Verfasser." 



