Is very grateful for the gift of a fender-stool. Will send her a copy of Insectivorous plants.
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Is very grateful for the gift of a fender-stool. Will send her a copy of Insectivorous plants.
Thanks WCW for sending his lecture ‘The dawn of animal life’, which seems "a wonderfully clear & interesting sketch of the lower organisms".
Has told publisher to send a copy of Insectivorous plants.
Promises to propose JJW for membership in Zoological Society.
Sympathises with JJW’s enthusiasm about the Danais and hopes it may become naturalised in this country.
Thanks WCW for sending specimens. Drosera spathulata must be descended from some form like D. rotundifolia.
"If you finally succeed in proving that all languages have been developed from a common root, you will indeed have effected a most valuable piece of work."
Thinks WB’s proposal a very good one. CD could suggest two or three subjects for essays with respect to the vegetable kingdom, but they would require a long course of experiments "& unfortunately there is hardly any one in this country who seems inclined to devote himself to experiments".
The strongest argument for the existence of God is the intuitive feeling that there must have been an intelligent beginner of the universe; "but then comes the doubt and difficulty whether such intuitions are trustworthy". CD is forced to leave the problem insoluble. "No man who does his duty has anything to fear, and may hope for whatever he earnestly desires."
Passes judgment on photo of embryological interest.
JL’s sentence about glaciation will do excellently. Is glad JL thought about dimorphism of butterflies.
Send thanks for informing him of barnacles and asks that they be sent, directed to him, to the Geological Society.
Unable to accept invitation.
Looked at leaves and saw no sign that animal matter was absorbed. Believes insects were caught only accidentally.
Thanks SW for text of his oration
and an [unspecified] article on parrots.
Until C-FR sees the whole of Erasmus Darwin, he cannot decide if it is worth translating into French.
Requests a list of books.
Requests a copy of Ray Lankester’s lecture or essay on degeneration (Lankester, E. Ray. 1880. Degeneration: A chapter in Darwinism. London: Macmillan.).
Sends autograph. Hopes collecting will lead Bok to science, as it did him.
Asks him to deliver two or three feet of linoleum.
Has received plates. Gives instructions for scale and arrangement of engravings.
Acknowledges presentation copy of publication about the Vega voyage [The voyage of the Vega (1881)].