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not, however, mean proof plates ; I value them, as saving me 

 copying extracts. Farewell, my dear Hooker, with a heavy 

 heart I wish you joy of your prospects. 



Your sincere friend, 



C. DARWIN. 



[The second edition of the ' Journal/ to which the following 

 letter refers, was completed between April 25th and August 

 25th. It was published by Mr. Murray in the ' Colonial and 

 Home Library,' and in this more accessible form soon had a 

 large sale. 



Up to the time of his first negotiations with Mr. Murray 

 for its publication in this form, he had received payment only 

 in the form of a large number of presentation copies, and he 

 seems to have been glad to sell the copyright of the second 

 edition to Mr. Murray for 1 5O/. 



The points of difference between it and the first edition are 

 of interest chiefly in connection with the growth of the 

 author's views on evolution, and will be considered later.] 



C. Darwin to C. Lyell. 



Down [July, 1845]. 



MY DEAR LYELL, I send you the first part * of the new 

 edition [of the ' Journal of Researches '], which I so entirely 

 owe to you. You will see that I have ventured to dedicate it 

 to you,t and I trust that this cannot be disagreeable. I have 

 long wished, not so much for your sake, as for my own feelings 

 of honesty, to acknowledge more plainly than by mere reference, 

 how much I geologically owe you. Those authors, however, 



* No doubt proof-sheets. ledgment that the chief part of 

 t The dedication of the second whatever scientific merit this Jour- 

 edition of the 'Journal of Re- nal and the other works of the 

 searches,' is as follows : " To Author may possess, has been de- 

 Charles Lyell, Esq., F.R.S., this rived from studying the well-known 

 second edition is dedicated with and admirable ' Principles of Geo- 

 grateful pleasure as an acknow- logy.'" 



