Asking for errata from Darwinism for the new edition.
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Asking for errata from Darwinism for the new edition.
Asking for advice about the best type of microscope for a beginner -as a present for his daughter. Likes Ball's book on Use and Disuse.
Could Poulton look at a microscope for him? Mr. J. WaIter Gregory of the Natural History Museum has visited him at Parkstone. Comments on Lloyd Morgan's Animal Life and Intelligence.
Don't worry about the microscope. His daughter would like something else for her birthday. About emerald lava.
About review of Poulton's book that ARW has written in Nature. Hopes Poulton likes it.
Sending on a letter from C. Lloyd Morgan about experiments on inheritance. Will be useful for Poulton when he starts the Institute for Experimental Biology.
Thanks for Weismann's essays and offers criticisms of the first one.
Criticism of Beddard's article on mimicry. About panmixia variation.
About the election of President at one of the societies. Meldola did not get a majority.
Regarding Poulton's paper on the colours of larva pupae. About Darwin's ill-heath - did his children inherit it?.
About maps ARW is asking to have sent to Poulton. Details of heredity case (as mentioned in correspondence with Dr. Budd).
No surplus copies of the coloured maps, only plain maps and hopes he can use it for reference for geographical distribution of insects.
More about Dr. Budd's case - re. heredity.
ARW has been in south Devon for the last 10 days. Mimicry - glad Poulton is taking it up seriously for the museum, suggestions for how to arrange display. Gives reasons for not attending the British Association meeting.
About Poulton's exposure of another American neo-¬Lamarckian in Nature. Criticism of Bateson's book and personal criticism of Bateson and Galton.
Sending copies of the first part of his criticism of Bateson and Galton.
About having met Darwin once briefly at British Museum before going East. Comments on Poulton's "Theories of Evolution".
About Romanes. Has sent review of Cope's new book to Nature, also review of Archdall Reid's The Present Evolution of Man.
About his collection of moths. Poulton wants to know where they went. About the organisation of his collection, Romanes and Darwin. Wants to give his copy of Cope's Origin of the Fittest to Linnean or Zoological Society.
Higgins succeeded Stevens. More about where ARW's collection went. Round labels are ARW's. Moe about Cope book - would prefer it to go to Linnean.