Invites Meldola over.
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Invites Meldola over.
Enclosing tickets for the 4th and 11th March. Meldola's deputation was wasted on Sir John Lubbock -why not go direct to the Home Secretary? Should appeal to government to veto Epping Forest Bill -and more on this.
Will meet on Friday afternoon. About Sir Wilfred Lawson's speech.
Arrangements for visit from Meldola and his mother. Can go to the New Forest, if easier for Meldola, as has half promised Willie that he would take him.
Thanks for the pupae. Arrangements for visit from Meldola's mother.
Will Meldola accompany ARW to a soiree, where he will read a paper.
Inviting Meldola to stay. Wants to catch moths. Mentions a friend of Willie's -John Benson.
Will be glad to see Meldola on May 2nd, but Willie will be away then.
About Meldola's letter in Nature last week. Inviting Meldola to stay. Willie on holiday from school-but will spend most of the time at Hurstpierpoint.
Sending Meldola tickets for the Zoological. Possibility of holiday in Ilfracombe, if they can let their house.
Uncertainty about their movements this autumn. If they cannot let the house, may take Willie away for a week or two. Meldola welcome to join them.
Inviting Meldola to visit to discuss an excursion.
Sending tickets for Zoological. Has had a pleasant week at Hurstpierpoint. Two Convolvulus Hawks caught. Willie has been sent a D. celeris. Shall be able to attend the fungus meeting of Meldola's club this year.
Asking about weight of volcanic dust particles and distance these are carried. Also wants samples of ash e.g. from Krakatoa. Needs evidence for question of dispersal of seeds by wind currents. Has agreed to give 8 lectures in Boston.
Will meet Violet on Saturday and take her to South Kensington museum. Will then meet Judd. Arrangements for journey home.
Wants a bed on Monday or Tuesday night. Have taken Willie to school. If Meldola isn't at home when ARW arrives, he can play chess Meldola's mother or Mr. Warburg quite contentedly.
Would Meldola like to go to a dance at Mrs Haywards on Tuesday, with Mrs Wallace and Violet? Regards to Meldola's mother.
About Meldola's trip to the Lake District. Has finished the Lowell lectures. Has only four political and social lectures to write. The opening lecture that he has offered to give at Loughton, is illustrated by diagrams, rather than lantern slides. Has arranged to exhibit slides to the Charterhouse boys and masters. Writing a criticism of Romanes' article on Darwin in journal of the Linnean Society, as "I consider it very imperfect." Willie's experiences at Cranleigh. ARW went to their speech day.
His reply to Romanes will appear in the Fortnightly. Thinks he has shown the entire fallacy of his whole argument, and also thinks that he has hit upon the true key to the solution. Calls Romanes' writing style tedious and long-winded.
Meldola's reply to Romanes in Nature does not go far enough. Newton calls attention to same view in Belt's Nicaragua. Darwin had commented No! No! against this in his copy. Could Meldola hold a brief for ARW at the British Association on this matter? In depth discussion of the content of his paper against Romanes in the Fortnightly.