Concerning death of August Schleicher.
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Concerning death of August Schleicher.
Suggests Englishmen who might provide sponge specimens.
Mentions views of Sars on species.
EH’s work on Siphonophora.
Comments on new edition of EH’s book [Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte, 2d ed. (1870)].
Mentions his own book [Descent].
Visit by Kölliker.
Comments on Descent.
EH’s refusal of position at Vienna.
Refers to priest who believes in "our ape-like progenitors".
EH’s work on sponges.
Pangenesis.
Describes new edition of Origin [6th]
and his work on plant crossing.
Comments on EH’s criticism of authors in third edition of Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte [1872].
Discusses book by H. C. Bastian [The beginnings of life (1872)].
Comments on EH’s forthcoming [Die Kalkschwämme (1872)].
Thinks EH is working much too hard.
On EH’s Die Kalkschwämme [1872].
Comments on EH’s Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte [4th ed.].
Has written paper on rudimentary structures ["Complemental males of certain cirripedes", (1873) Collected papers 2: 177–82].
Edward Morse thinks brachiopods should be classed with annelids ["The systematic position of the Brachiopoda", Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 15 (1873): 315–73].
Thanks for 5th edition of his book [Natürliche] Schöpfungsgeschichte.
CD continues with his experiments on the digestive power of plants, which is much like that of mammals.
Is also preparing a revised edition of Descent.
Would welcome hearing more of his ideas about Pangenesis.
Postscript about Anthropogenie, which has just arrived. EH’s astonishing productivity.
Comments on review of EH’s Anthropogenie [1874].
Mentions recent work of Huxley and other scientists.
Thanks for F. v. Hellwald [Culturgeschichte (1875)].
Arranges for EH’s visit to Down.