AsformyselfIamtakingafortnight’srest，aftersendingapileofMS。
totheprinters，anditwasapieceofgoodfortunethatyourbookarrivedasIwasgettingintomycarriage，forIwantedsomethingtoreadwhilstawayfromhome。MyMS。relatestothemovementsofplants，andIthinkthatIhavesucceededinshowingthatallthemoreimportantgreatclassesofmovementsareduetothemodificationofakindofmovementcommontoallpartsofallplantsfromtheirearliestyouth。
Praygivemykindremembrancestoyourson，andwithmyhighestrespectandbestthanks，Believeme，mydearSir，yoursverysincerely，CHARLESDARWIN。
P。S。——Italwayspleasesmetoexaltplantsintheorganicscale，andifyouwilltakethetroubletoreadmylastchapterwhenmybook（whichwillbesadlytoobig）ispublishedandsenttoyou，Ihopeandthinkthatyoualsowilladmiresomeofthebeautifuladaptationsbywhichseedlingplantsareenabledtoperformtheirproperfunctions。
[ThebookwaspublishedonNovember6，1880，and1500copiesweredisposedofatMr。Murray’ssale。WithregardtoithewrotetoSirJ。D。Hooker（November23）:——