CHAPTER 1.III.--EVOLUTION, 1859-1863.

LETTER 71. TO A.R. WALLACE. Down, April 6th, 1859.

I this morning received your pleasant and friendly note of November

30th. The first part of my MS. is in Murray's hands to see if he likes

to publish it. There is no preface, but a short introduction, which

must be read by every one who reads my book. The second paragraph in the

introduction (71/1. "Origin of Species," Edition I., 1859, pages 1 and

2.) I have had copied verbatim from my foul copy, and you will, I hope,

think that I have fairly noticed your paper in the "Linn. Journal."

(71/2. "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties, and on the

Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection." By

Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace. Communicated by Sir Charles

Lyell and J.D. Hooker. "Journ. Linn. Soc." Volume III., page 45, 1859.

(Read July 1st, 1858.)) You must remember that I am now publishing only

an abstract, and I give no references. I shall, of course, allude to

your paper on distribution (71/3. "On the Law which has regulated the

Introduction of New Species" (A.R. Wallace). "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist."