Thanks for the photographs of disks of stone, but not to trouble to send casts, as he will not work on expression again.

Encloses a photograph and [?].

Asks his correspondent to thank Prof. Reichenbach for his kindness. A plant was discovered in flower at Kew, and he was able to examine the doubtful point.

Strongly disapproves of the blackballing of Edwin Ray Lankester by the Linnean Society. States the reasons for his disapproval and hopes they will be considered.

Complies with correspondent’s request; encloses photographs of himself.

Sends autograph.

Thanks correspondent for present of book [unspecified].

Sends his autograph.

Thanks for sending the impressions of the gems, but, because CD is ignorant of archaeology, the recipient should not send one for inspection.

Sends his autograph.

CD thanks the editor of a picture book "for … the photographs of your striking pictures, & for the honour which you have done me by the introduction of my name and likeness into one of them".

Thanks for his interesting essay on insectivorous plants.

Sends signed photo of himself.

Has published only one paper in Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society, "Parallel roads of Glen Roy" [Collected papers 1: 87–137]. His conclusions have proved erroneous.

Asks for copy of [unspecified] essay, but will not answer it.

Sends his signature

Letter of reference giving his opinion of the character of a man who has been his footman for a year.

Acknowledges receipt of a publication from a German author. Hopes that the German will not be too difficult to understand in an "important & abstruse" subject.

Sends autograph as requested.

Thanks correspondent for his essay and kind allusions [to Cross and self-fertilisation].

Advises correspondent on adopting a career; "each person shd. follow his natural bent & improve his special abilities".

Strongly recommends study of J. S. Mill’s Logic.

His own zeal for science was most stimulated by Herschel’s Introduction to the study of natural philosophy.