My dear G.

I have written to thank Col. Chester & told him that nothing had better be done about the deeds at present.—¹ I sh^d. think that it would be quite useless hereafter to set him to work, but you of course can decide. Oh how your mother sneers at us!—²

C. D.

Here is a bad job; Henrietta thinks my notice of D^r. D very dull,—almost too dull to publish, & I believe that she is right.— I shall be anxious to hear what Eras. thinks. I suppose I must cut it down largely.³ No one will ever catch me again trying to go beyond my tether.

P.S | Reginald Darwin is excessively pleased & thanks you much for the old Darwin information.⁴