I do not doubt that this was actually the case, but have failed to
obtain the edition which contains the passage above referred to, and
several others which appear in the translation.

I have a personal interest in this matter, and venture, therefore, to
ask for the explanation which I do not doubt you will readily give
me.--Yours faithfully,

S. BUTLER.


The following is Mr. Darwin's answer:-


January 3, 1880.

My Dear Sir, Dr. Krause, soon after the appearance of his article in
Kosmos told me that he intended to publish it separately and to alter
it considerably, and the altered MS. was sent to Mr. Dallas for
translation. This is so common a practice that it never occurred to
me to state that the article had been modified; but now I much regret
that I did not do so. The original will soon appear in German, and I
believe will be a much larger book than the English one; for, with
Dr. Krause's consent, many long extracts from Miss Seward were
omitted (as well as much other matter), from being in my opinion
superfluous for the English reader. I believe that the omitted parts
will appear as notes in the German edition. Should there be a
reprint of the English Life I will state that the original as it
appeared in Kosmos was modified by Dr. Krause before it was