Sends leaves of Dionaea with insect prey in them. Size of insects captured may be affected by leaves not being fully grown.
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Sends leaves of Dionaea with insect prey in them. Size of insects captured may be affected by leaves not being fully grown.
Is overwhelmed by generosity of his friends. Admits he felt morally beaten and without energy for first time in his life. Someday wants the names of the friends.
Charmed by Huxley’s letter of appreciation [8873].
Lady Lyell’s sudden death.
Concern for Lady Lyell;
will clear away work and set off for holiday in June.
Sends Critiques and addresses.
A life of J. D. Forbes [by J. C. Shairp, P. J. Tait, and A. A. Reilly (1873)] suggests that THH and Tyndall conspired to keep JDF from getting the Copley Medal. THH feels obliged to correct this.
Wants to use CD’s support to put pressure on Michael Foster to enable Huxley to take an immediate holiday.
Announces that CD has been elected Corresponding Member of the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft.
Publisher [Schweizerbart] has seen CD’s new book advertised [Cross and self-fertilisation] and wishes to publish a German translation of it.
Missed hostile review of Expression in Edinburgh Review. Agrees it might be by J. H. Stirling [see 8935], who has written in a deplorably polemical style on Huxley and Sir William Hamilton.
Suggests hopping lizards may show the connection between reptiles and birds as proposed by Huxley.
Hopes affairs will enable him to get back to flowers.
Huxley’s letter [about the fund raised for him] was noble. Would like to have seen CD’s to him.
Has been told CD wants photo of him; sends one. Requests a portrait photo of CD for his album. KEvB apologises for his English and his shaky hand; he is 88 years old.
Because of current interest in hereditary instinct, relates incident about a baby alligator, just emerged from its shell, attempting to bite a human.
Thanks for reference to Hermann Müller on fertilisation [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)].
Publication plans.
French translation of Expression [1874].
Thanks for CD’s praise of his book [see 8901].
Requests permission to translate Descent into Polish.
Samuel Pozzi’s translation of Expression progressing slowly.
J. J. Moulinié’s translation of Descent is stylistically poor, which may account for low sales.
Difficult to find European naturalists to translate CD’s works. They would rather write books on "Darwinisme" under their own names.
Has completed his book [The African sketch-book (1873)].
Wishes to dedicate his memoir ["Monographie der Gattung Anthracotherium", Paleontographica 22 (1876): 131–347] to CD as founder of evolutionary theory.
In Variation CD claims there are no distinct races of carp, but AR says that in Germany a peculiar and constant variety of carp has been bred.