Asking the lord mayor of London to call a public meeting concerning the persecution of the Jews in Russia.
Asking the lord mayor of London to call a public meeting concerning the persecution of the Jews in Russia.
Thanks JM for copy of Quarterly Review, with article on his worm book [Henry Wace, "Darwin on earthworms", Q. Rev. 153 (1882): 179–202].
Writer will change his mind on evolution. CD cannot think of any young worker in biology who is not convinced of the truth of evolution, though many believe that natural selection has not done much.
Accepts election as a corresponding member of the American Social Science Association [see 13615].
Discusses present of microscope to Grant Allen.
Mentions sugar-cane paper [by Baron de Villa Franca].
Thanks EH for gift of 2d ed. of his book of travels [Seven years in South Africa (1881)]. Expresses admiration for EH’s courage and zeal for science.
Agrees about Grant Allen affair.
Agrees to write a page or two on behalf of Donald MacAlister.
Dismisses report of cat–rabbit hybrid.
His thoughts on the lack of horns in domesticated cattle.