My dear Romanes

We are off for Penrith in a few hours, where we sleep. & tomorrow night, thank all the powers, shall be at Down.—² I write merely to say that we have heard from Collier & my wife has arranged everything.³ I rejoice to hear about your book & am astonished at your progress.⁴ I shall be very curious to hear at some future period what you think about the German Physiologico-Evolution book & about the Creed of Science.—⁵ The latter I have read almost through with much interest, though often doubting, sometimes disagreeing, sometimes not at all understanding his conclusions.— I rejoice for my own private eating that you have taken to review & write so much in Nature, & if it does not waste too much of your time you thus do a public service.— Nature seems to me an excellent Journal, & I look forward weekly with pleasure to reading or skimming the whole.

But I must pack up | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin