Asks to have copy of Origin [6th ed.] sent to the Pall Mall Gazette for review with Mivart’s Genesis [of species (1871)].
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Asks to have copy of Origin [6th ed.] sent to the Pall Mall Gazette for review with Mivart’s Genesis [of species (1871)].
Sorry that his health prevents him attending a meeting to honour Adam Sedgwick.
Is obliged because of health to decline the invitation [see 8938] to make a voyage on the Admiral’s ship. "… I must rest contented with past memories …"
There is no uniform edition of CD’s work.
Reports that Variation is out of print. Suggests means of obtaining a copy.
Turns down an offer to undertake a German translation of one of his works.
Comments on death of W. W. Reade. "… it is best that he should have been relieved from all future suffering, as he was evidently a doomed man".
Sends thanks for "communicating the curious case of a habitual gesture, like that which I have treated as inherited. I may add that since I write, the action has been transmitted to another generation. Your case shall be sent to Mr Galton, who gave me the information".