Dear M^r Darwin

I think I mentioned to you some while since that I was trying to write for Macmillan an “Elementary Lessons in Anthropology.”¹ This attempt has been a cause of great trouble and waste of labour to me, inasmuch as though I can write with something like satisfaction on questions of Culture, Language &c. I fail to deal as I should wish with the zoological & biological place of man, the physical classification of races, &c. I now wish to ask if your son who understands anatomy & has written on breeds, would like to collaborate with me, so that we could turn out the little volume between us.² If you do not think well of this suggestion, it need go no further, but if you mention it to your son, & he thinks it might come to something, perhaps he would manage to meet me in town & talk it over. I expect to leave for Wellington³ on Wednesday or Thursday, so the best days would be Monday or Tuesday. Whatever happens, I should much value your advice in the matter

Believe me My dear Sir Yours truly | Edward B. Tylor

Chas. Darwin Esq