My dear Sir

I was very glad indeed to receive your letter. From your illness & all your exertions in the cause of charity, it is no wonder that the translation has been delayed.²

I send by this post the sheets in which there has been any alteration, & by comparing the passages (plainly marked with pencil) with your own copy you will at once see what the alterations have been, & I earnestly request that you will insert them.³

Your Imperial. Acad. of Sciences has just elected me a corresponding member in the section of biology & it may be worth your while to consider whether this might not be added with advantage to my name on the title page.⁴

Many thanks for your kind remembrance about the photographs.⁵ We shall be very glad to see you at Down when you come to England, but you had better write first in case we sh^d be from home.⁶

I hope your labours on the relief Committee may soon be over.⁷ Believe me my dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin