somehow, and which stagger me even to this day.

I wish that my health had allowed me to publish in extenso; if ever I get
strong enough I will do so, as the greater part is written out, and of
which MS. the present volume is an abstract.

I fear this note will be almost illegible; but I am poorly, and can hardly
sit up. Farewell; with thanks for your kind note and pleasant remembrance
of good old days.

Yours very sincerely,
C. DARWIN.


CHARLES DARWIN TO A.R. WALLACE.
Ilkley, November 13th, 1859.

My dear Sir,

I have told Murray to send you by post (if possible) a copy of my book, and
I hope that you will receive it at nearly the same time with this note.
(N.B. I have got a bad finger, which makes me write extra badly.) If you
are so inclined, I should very much like to hear your general impression of
the book, as you have thought so profoundly on the subject, and in so
nearly the same channel with myself. I hope there will be some little new
to you, but I fear not much. Remember it is only an abstract, and very
much condensed. God knows what the public will think. No one has read it,
except Lyell, with whom I have had much correspondence. Hooker thinks him
a complete convert, but he does not seem so in his letters to me; but is
evidently deeply interested in the subject. I do not think your share in