To John Murray   11 June 1880

My dear M^r. Murray

M^r Charles of the City of London School has asked me to permit him to give some extracts in his “Model Reading Books” from my Naturalists Voyage.¹

I should very much like to grant permission & sh^d. feel proud that any passage in any book of mine sh^d. be used for educational purposes; but I cannot of course grant permission without your consent, as the book is your property.

I hope, however, that you will oblige. me.— | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

The desired extracts are

(1) p. 450–451—the corrobery dance of the Australians

(2) p. 204–209 Tierra del Fuego, account of.—

(3) p. 151–154—Horsemanship of the Gauchos.²