Writes about London plays; wishes CD had been of the party.
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Writes about London plays; wishes CD had been of the party.
Proposes a dry place for the apparatus for their laboratory and draws a plan for CD’s criticism.
Price has found black sediment in his tea, which was attracted to a magnet.
Asks CD to do an experiment for him.
Has found a curious stone in his fire.
Price’s iron in tea measured 13 per cent.
Tells CD a bill is all right. Hopes his father will pay it and a wine merchant’s bill as well.
EAD thinks it a pity if CD does not go to Cambridge, but it will be very pleasant for them to be together at Edinburgh, where they should go as soon as possible and read. EAD is getting "case-hardened" in anatomy.
Asks CD to send him some books on physiology and natural history from the family library.
Asks CD whether he is making any plans for Edinburgh.
Will be home in three weeks.
Shrewsbury news.
Glad he likes Edinburgh.
They have been going to plays performed by a travelling company he knows.
Family news.
A ball and two concerts at Shrewsbury; guests at the Darwins’: Mr and Mrs Mathew, three Mr Clives, Emma Wedgwood.
Has found a shop with supplies of chemical equipment, and a mineral collector.
Family news. Visits to the Owens at Woodhouse and the Parkers at Overton.
Spark has died. Other family news.
Theatre at Shrewsbury.
Spark’s death.
Harry [Henry Allen] Wedgwood will make the circuit for the first time at the forthcoming assizes.
Describes his trip by canal to Glasgow, and sightseeing there.
Found his vessel delayed. Spent an hour or so at the Hunterian Museum, "well worth going to".
Further particulars of Spark’s death.
Tells of gay times with guests.
Writes of Papa’s disapproval of CD’s practice of picking and choosing only lectures he likes to attend and of his early return home.
News of Erasmus, who is visiting sick poor people in the neighbourhood. Other Shrewsbury news.
EAD wants changes made and shelves built to improve the laboratory at the Mount [Darwin residence]; sends drawings and will bring chemical instruments, a book, and his record of experiments done in his chemistry course.
He has now been matriculated.