Asks to borrow Philosophical Transactions, vol. 157, pt 2 (1868).
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Asks to borrow Philosophical Transactions, vol. 157, pt 2 (1868).
The second volume of Lyell’s [Principles, 10th ed.] gives a "fair history of the progress of opinion on Species".
Pleased by allusion to Pangenesis: "an untried hypothesis is always dangerous ground".
Looks forward to chapter on domestication and on man.
Comments favourably, though often differing, on articles by G. H. Lewes.
Discusses claim of Agassiz [in A journey in Brazil (1868)] that he found evidence of glaciers in Brazil. Suggests sponsoring an expedition to test these claims.
Sends a paper, which may help to clarify the effect of the Sahara Desert on certain European winds.
On the temperatures of water in the oceans, and the freezing temperature of sea water.
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