Asks permission to bring Fanny Allen to CB’s party.
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Asks permission to bring Fanny Allen to CB’s party.
Asks to be allowed to bring his sister to CB’s party "that she may see the World".
Submits the account of Smith, Elder & Co. for the third number of part two and second number of part three of the Zoology.
Writes to CD as "Brother Benedick" and sends hearty good wishes for health and happiness in marriage. They are sending a little silver candlestick for a wax taper.
Asks WW to alter, before printing, the passages in WW’s Presidential Address to the Geological Society [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1839): 93] which pointedly allude to the delay in publication of CD’s Beagle journal; they might annoy FitzRoy, who, as Captain, has a right to first use of the papers of all officers on board.
Discusses CD’s religious doubts. Fears his work may lead him to discount what cannot be proved, and advises that there are some things which, "if true are likely to be above our comprehension" and "that there is a danger in giving up revelation".