My dear Sir

I send by this Post Title (with some remarks on separate page) & 3 first Ch^s. If you have patience to read all Ch. I, I honestly think you will have fair notion of interest of whole book.— It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public & I am sure that the views are original.— If you think otherwise, I must repeat my request that you will freely reject my work; & though I shall be a little disappointed I shall be in no way injured.

If you choose to read Ch. II & III, you will have a dull & rather abstruse Ch. & a plain & interesting one in my opinion.—

As soon as you have done with M.S, please to send it by careful messenger & plainly directed to Miss G. Tollett 14. Queen Anne St Cavendish Sq^re This lady being excellent judge of style is going to look out for errors for me.—¹

You must take your own time, but the sooner you finish; the sooner she will, & the sooner I shall get to press, which I so earnestly wish.—

I presume you will wish to see Ch. IV, the key-stone of my arch, & Ch. X & XI, but please to inform me on this head.–

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. Darwin

I now suspect my M.S will run out to more than 500 pages of size & type of Lyells Elements 1^st Edit.—²