Problem with Charles Reinwald could be solved if CD would ask that French edition [of Erasmus Darwin] follow English. EK willing to co-operate with Reinwald.
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Problem with Charles Reinwald could be solved if CD would ask that French edition [of Erasmus Darwin] follow English. EK willing to co-operate with Reinwald.
Asks CD to examine his idea that human and animal sociology are related, as each is based on the principle of mutual concession (derived from Schopenhauer’s law of compassion). If CD approves, he should write a note and forward it and GMA’s letter to Macmillan’s Magazine.
Cannot answer questions on origin of instinct, sociology, etc. Suggests references in Origin and Descent.
Discusses case of colour display in butterfly.
Wants cryptogam identified; has been observing its movements.
Encloses a letter from CD to C.-F. Reinwald for EK to read, and if he approves, to send on.
Discusses arrangements for a French translation of Erasmus Darwin (1879).
This autumn several observers have noted Plusia moths caught in the flowers of Physianthus albens. Also bees attack and devour the trapped moths.
Asks for reference to article on butterfly [see CD’s "Sexual colours of certain butterflies", Collected papers 2: 220–2].
Has Torbitt any further results? THF has forgotten what he had proposed to do.
Discusses financial and other arrangements for marriage of Horace Darwin and Ida Farrer. Mentions anticipated inheritance of children.
Terminology for asexual gemmae of Lunularia vulgaris and comparison with Marchantia.