Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.
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Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.
Thanks for explanation. Will follow RBL’s instructions.
On the petition by scientists regarding vivisection and plans for presenting it in Parliament.
Sir John Lubbock’s advice on draft of petition on vivisection. Agrees with Lubbock’s opinion that a bill would be more effective – but the more the subject is stirred up, the better.
Has shown S. Butler’s Athenæum letter to Frederick Pollock, who confirms RBL’s advice that it needs no answer. Sends an imaginary response by Butler.
Thinks Huxley’s judgment on answering S. Butler’s charges would be trustworthy, though THH is horribly pugnacious and would naturally be for fighting.
Discussion of H. Spencer’s views on the origin of music.
Additional errata in Descent.
Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
The Litchfields and George Darwin think care should be taken that E. Krause’s reply to S. Butler’s Unconscious memory does not appear to be instigated by CD. Suggest it be sent to Popular Science Review, not Athenæum.