A letter to H. W. Bates to ask for help in explaining a paper by Bates on variation. Transcription: "Jy 31/86 Dear Mr Bates In one of my father's lett Show moreA letter to H. W. Bates to ask for help in explaining a paper by Bates on variation. Transcription: "Jy 31/86 Dear Mr Bates In one of my father's letters to Hooker he speaks of being much vexed at having forgotten to quote, in the 4th Edit of the Origin, your "[] on variation"-Can this refer to the enclosed paper of yours? I cannot find that he ever [] quote any paper on var in the later Edits I should like to explain the [] as it is a character is the one + I should be grateful to you if you can help me, but please do not take any special trouble about it yours very truly Francis Darwin" Letter, signed by sender to [Henry Walter Bates]. Sent from Wychfield, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, England. The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts Show less