Dear M^rs Darwin—

I have been hoping to call—(instead of which, I am going away) with a manuscript—a translation from an article written by (the German Professor of Geology) Cotta on Sir C. Lyell’s & M^r Darwin’s works²—& the translator—M^r Noel³ thought that Mr Darwin might like to read what he, Cotta, says of his views—for he seems to appreciate & apply them most correctly— The remarks upon the “Origin” begin at Page 86 not taking up more than 11 of the MS. sheets—so that perhaps M^r Darwin would not find them too long to look at himself— in spite of corrections & want of corrections M^r Noel thought of sending it to the Natural History Review⁴ or of asking M^r Lubbock⁵ to give his opinion on it first— Will you be so good as to send it back here to Elinor ⁶ when you have finished—as I shall be away for a week—& as M^r Noel would, for Prof. Cotta’s sake, be glad to have it published as soon as possible—

Believe me very sincerely yrs Alice Bonham Carter

Elinor hopes to call on Thursday