From E. A. Darwin   11 November [1869]1

Nov 11

A parcel of engravings is come done up but with your paper of instructions outside.2 Shall I send them on?

E D

Sterling sent today is very interesting but is he quite fair about ‘Selection’3

1
The year is established by the reference to Stirling 1869 (see n. 3, below).
2
The engravings may have been those completed by Edward A. Smith (see letter to Frederick Smith, 9 November [1869]).
3
The reference is to James Hutchison Stirling’s As regards protoplasm, in relation to Professor Huxley’s essay, On the physical basis of life (Stirling 1869); for Stirling’s discussion of CD’s theory, including his use of the term ‘selection’, see pp. 58–64.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6982,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6982