152 THE WRITING OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' [1859. 



Very sincere thanks to you for standing my proxy for the 

 Wollaston Medal. 



P.S. Would you advise me to tell Murray that my book 

 is not more -orthodox than the subject makes inevitable. 

 That I do not discuss the origin of man. That I do not bring 

 in any discussion about Genesis, &c. &c., and only give facts, 

 and such conclusions from them as seem to me fair. 



Or had I better say nothing to Murray, and assume that 

 he cannot object to this much unorthodoxy, which in fact 

 is not more than any Geological Treatise which runs slap 

 counter to Genesis. 



Enclosure. 



AN ABSTRACT OF AN ESSAY 



ON THE 



ORIGIN 



OF 



SPECIES AND VARIETIES 



THROUGH NATURAL SELECTION 



BY 



CHARLES DARWIN, M.A. 



FELLOW OF THE ROYAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND LINNEAN SOCIETIES. 



LONDON : 



&C. &C. &C. &C. 



I8 59 . 



C. Darwin to C. Lyell. 



Down, March 3oth [1859]. 



' MY DEAR LYELL, You have been uncommonly kind in 

 all you have done. You not only have saved me much 

 trouble and some anxiety, but have done all incomparably 

 better than I could have done it. I am much pleased at 

 all you say about Murray. I will write either to-day or 

 to-morrow to him, and will send shortly a large bundle of 



