IheartilyhopethatyourTorquayworkmaybesuccessful。GivemykindestremembrancestoFalconer，andIhopeheisprettywell。HookerandHuxley（withMrs。Huxley）wereextremelypleasant。ButpoordearHookeristiredtodeathofmybook，anditisamarvelandaprodigyifyouarenotworsetired——ifthatbepossible。Farewell，mydearLyell，Yoursaffectionately，C。DARWIN。
CHARLESDARWINTOJ。D。HOOKER。
Down，[April13th，1860]。
MydearHooker，Questionsofprioritysooftenleadtoodiousquarrels，thatIshouldesteemitagreatfavourifyouwouldreadtheenclosed。（（Myfatherwrote（\"Gardeners’Chronicle\"，1860，page362，April21st）:\"IhavebeenmuchinterestedbyMr。PatrickMatthew’scommunicationinthenumberofyourpaperdatedApril7th。IfreelyacknowledgethatMr。MatthewhasanticipatedbymanyyearstheexplanationwhichIhaveofferedoftheoriginofspecies，underthenameofnaturalselection。IthinkthatnoonewillfeelsurprisedthatneitherI，norapparentlyanyothernaturalist，hadheardofMr。Matthew’sviews，consideringhowbrieflytheyaregiven，andthattheyappearedintheappendixtoaworkonNavalTimberandArboriculture。IcandonomorethanoffermyapologiestoMr。Matthewformyentireignoranceofthispublication。Ifanyothereditionofmyworkiscalledfor，Iwillinserttotheforegoingeffect。\"Inspiteofmyfather’srecognitionofhisclaims，Mr。Matthewremainedunsatisfied，andcomplainedthatanarticleinthe’SaturdayAnalystandLeader’was\"scarcelyfairinalludingtoMr。Darwinastheparentoftheoriginofspecies，seeingthatIpublishedthewholethatMr。Darwinattemptstoprove，morethantwenty—nineyearsago。\"——\"SaturdayAnalystandLeader\"，November24，1860。）IfyouthinkitproperthatIshouldsendit（andofthistherecanhardlybeanyquestion），andifyouthinkitfullandampleenough，pleasealterthedatetothedayonwhichyoupostit，andletthatbesoon。Thecaseinthe\"Gardeners’Chronicle\"seemsaLITTLEstrongerthaninMr。Matthew’sbook，forthepassagesarethereinscatteredinthreeplaces;butitwouldbemerehair—splittingtonoticethat。Ifyouobjecttomyletter，pleasereturnit;butIdonotexpectthatyouwill，butI
thoughtthatyouwouldnotobjecttorunyoureyeoverit。MydearHooker，itisagreatthingformetohavesogood，true，andoldafriendasyou。