F. P. Cobbe called on EAD to present a letter from the Secretary of the Anti-Vivisection Society; she hoped CD might support limiting repetitions of experiments.
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F. P. Cobbe called on EAD to present a letter from the Secretary of the Anti-Vivisection Society; she hoped CD might support limiting repetitions of experiments.
Share dealings.
Thanks for two pamphlets;
Otto Zöckler’s [Darwin’s Grossvater (1880)] he thinks worthless.
Details about tithes.
Asks CD to sign his guarantee.
Reports events at Cambridge involving Horace.
EAD thinks it a pity if CD does not go to Cambridge, but it will be very pleasant for them to be together at Edinburgh, where they should go as soon as possible and read. EAD is getting "case-hardened" in anatomy.
Asks CD to send him some books on physiology and natural history from the family library.
Feels deeply for them at their "impossible loss" [of Anne].
Asks CD whether he is making any plans for Edinburgh.
Will be home in three weeks.
Acknowledges the receipt of some securities.
Reports on the commissions CD requested of him [in a missing letter]; comments on English political issues.
Has found a shop with supplies of chemical equipment, and a mineral collector.
Calculations relating to bees’ cells.
Gives calculations on the structure of bees’ cells.
Encloses projections and models relating to geometry of bees’ cells.
Sends a model of bee cells "as bad as a Chinese puzzle". [A series of paper cut-out figures.]
Discusses geometry related to the structure of bees’ cells. Encloses notes and diagrams dealing with intersections of spheres.
Describes his trip by canal to Glasgow, and sightseeing there.
Writes of "the Dr’s" [Henry Holland’s] mixed reactions to the book.
Adds a personal opinion, "it is the most interesting book I ever read".
Found his vessel delayed. Spent an hour or so at the Hunterian Museum, "well worth going to".