Is obliged for addressee’s courteous note and is indifferent to how his name is used.
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Is obliged for addressee’s courteous note and is indifferent to how his name is used.
Invites correspondent to luncheon on Friday or Saturday.
Reports that Variation is out of print. Suggests means of obtaining a copy.
CD is obliged for a note he will use for a new [2d] edition of Variation [1875].
Turns down an offer to undertake a German translation of one of his works.
Tells correspondent how to locate Michael Faraday’s widow [Sarah Barnard].
No uniform edition of CD’s works has appeared in England.
Explains that there is no need for the addressee to apologise.
Agrees that time alone can do nothing to modify species.
Is aware that the Papaveraceae are self-fertile but feels this does not preclude an occasional cross.
Sends photograph.
Reports the possible extinction of the Macartney Rose.
Objects to the passage about the Irish quoted by CD in Descent [1: 174].
Urges CD to repent and seek salvation through Christ.
Extract from the History of the rise and progress of the Killerby, Studley and Warlaby herds of shorthorns by William Carr (1867).
Notes some corrections for 2d ed. of Descent.
On cats’ habit of leaving the room or house in which a corpse is lying.
Notes on CD’s Expression.
Extract from the Honolulu Gazette on the decreasing population of the Sandwich Islands.
An anonymous letter praising the Origin.
"The learned Darwin states that Moses taught confusion. | For Man, he boldly says, descends from Ape or Monkey – | I, having read his book, am come to this conclusion | Darwin (at least himself) descends from Ass or Donkey."