CD relays the advice of Sir W. R. Grove on the dismal prospects of a law career.
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CD relays the advice of Sir W. R. Grove on the dismal prospects of a law career.
Returns George Darwin’s criticisms of his notes on sterility and sends further notes in reply. Since there are degrees of sterility between varieties, "is it not probable that natural selection can accumulate these variations?" Varieties that are adapted to new conditions could then survive and form new species without being isolated.
Experiments to test Wallace’s theory that brightly coloured caterpillars are rejected by birds. [See Descent 1: 417.]
Sending his impression, formed during a recent visit to Dublin, of the Great Telescope destined for Melbourne. Considers it a triumph of mechanical invention.
Has asked J. Henderson to send him the revised proof of JH's paper 'Additional Identification of Double Stars.' It will appear in the Monthly Notes and later in the Memoirs.