Sends title of Kerner’s book [see 6997] and comments that AK does not give the one parent form of the genus.
Sends title of Kerner’s book [see 6997] and comments that AK does not give the one parent form of the genus.
CD long anxious for new American edition of Origin to incorporate corrections since 2d ed. [of 1860]; believes such updating has kept English and continental sales high. If Appleton unable to comply, he will ask Asa Gray to find another publisher.
Mentions possible arrangements for U. S. edition of new book [Descent].
Wants to arrange a joint photograph of CD and Wallace for a publication on their lives and works.
Comments on the mathematical ratios in chords at some length, in answer to RP's 1869-11-18.
Regrets that JH has not received annual volume of astronomical observations for 1865, sent months ago. Is sending another.
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