Delighted at CD’s praise of his book [Prehistoric times (1865)].
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Delighted at CD’s praise of his book [Prehistoric times (1865)].
Returns [Fritz?] Müller’s work [probably Für Darwin (1864)]. It is a remarkable memoir.
Has read abstract of JL’s paper ["On the present state of archaeological science", Athenæum 21 July 1866, pp. 79–82] and praises it.
Returns Primula paper [Collected papers 2: 45–63].
Anxious to make acquaintance of Ernst Haeckel [who was staying with CD].
Asks JL to look up a paper by Thomas Hincks on Polyzoa or Bryozoa [Q. J. Microsc. Sci. 2d ser. 1 (1861): 278–81].
JL’s brother-in-law [Robert Birkbeck] would like a note of introduction to John Murray.
Encloses note of introduction to Murray.
H. T. Stainton should be elected F.R.S.
Discusses the practice of exogamy; asks if any animals have an instinctive repugnance to inbreeding.
Close inbreeding and factors acting against it.
Thanks CD for information.
Returns R. G. Haliburton’s paper ["The unity of the human race proved by the universality of certain superstitions connected with sneezing", reprinted in New materials for the history of man (1863)] and sends one of his own partly in answer to it ["The early condition of man", Anthropol. Rev. 6 (1868): 1–14].
Capital BAAS meeting at Dundee.
Introduction of humble-bees into Australia.
Many thanks for the book [Variation].
Discusses [Fritz?] Müller’s confusion about ova and pseudova; JL’s Daphnia paper [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 147 (1857): 79–100; see 1979] first demonstrated their structural identity.
Points out a misleading statement in Variation.
Found [Variation] full of interest. Has not yet made up his mind about Pangenesis; wants to hear what can be said against it.
Has been looking at the school accounts. Has any interest been paid to S. J. O’H. Horsman this year? CD will keep accounts temporarily; he has not yet received from Horsman the balance in hand from last year.
JL’s Royal Institution lectures.
Wants information on Fuegian harpoons. Must prepare second edition of Prehistoric times.