Has heard that FG will write on inheritance. Huxley does not believe in E. G. Balbiani’s views on subject.
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Has heard that FG will write on inheritance. Huxley does not believe in E. G. Balbiani’s views on subject.
In London yesterday for Vivisection Commission.
Is revising his chapter on Pangenesis [in Variation, 2d ed.] to allow that gemmules probably multiply in the reproductive organs.
Notes examples of inheritance of acquired characteristics cited by Brown-Séquard.
Doubts that double parentage is necessary for complex organisations.
Comments on FG’s paper ["A theory of heredity"]. Finds essay difficult to understand. Objects that FG’s theory conflicts with phenomenon of use and disuse. Conflicts also with rarity of bud-variations in nature.
Says he has ordered FG’s article ["The history of twins", Fraser’s Mag. 92 (1875): 566–76; revised in J. Anthropol. Inst. 5 (1876): 391–406].
Comments on FG’s paper ["The history of twins"].
CD is "in a passion with the Spectator who always muddles".