Thanks CHB for his anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
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Thanks CHB for his anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
Thanks for essay on origin of taste for music. Will send to Edmund Gurney.
Will send carriage to station on 18th.
Asks MN about trustworthiness of Leopold Würtenberger. Would like to aid LW financially in his work.
Is sorry that LW’s circumstances interfere with his scientific work. Does not think any English scientific society can help.
Sends his photograph; asks for CD’s.
Sends CD a book on science and scriptures written by a clergyman friend [unidentified].
Points out comment by Grant Allen supporting his theory of the origin of colour sense. Is English translation of his essay possible?
Notes advertisement of Tito Vignoli, Fundamentalgesetz der Intelligenz im Thierreiche [1879].
Has read Hume with great pleasure, but found parts very stiff reading.
George Darwin has visited Anthony Rich.
Thanks GdeS for his photograph; sends his own. Glad to hear GdeS’s work [Le monde des plantes (1879)] is popular in France.
Sends the Fritz Müller article from Kosmos.
Thanks for HNM’s [Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger" (1879)].
Respects Leopold Würtenberger’s work. Will initiate inquiry if CD wishes. LW’s work suffers from his limited circumstances. Will assist him if he asks.
Mentions his own forthcoming work ["Zur Kenntniss der Fauna des untersten Lias in den Nordalpen", Abh. K.-K. Geol. Reichsanst. 7 (1874–82), vol. 5].
Has lately found frog that has eggs on its back.
Pupae of caddis-flies living on rocks have lost fringe of hairs on their feet. In species that live in the water these are used for swimming.
Thanks CD for accepting dedication.
Asks CD to support his candidacy for position as Registrar of the University of London by talking to Sir John Lubbock, one of the most influential members of the Senate.
Orders a sheet of gold-beater’s skin for plant experiments.
Acknowledges receipt of diploma.
Suggests references that might answer CD’s [unidentified] request for information about coral islands.
Has told John Lubbock how highly he thinks of HNM’s work, and has heard that HMN’s claims will be fully considered.