From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
27–8 Feb [1881]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 103
Summary:
Describes lecture at Royal Institution by J. S. Burdon Sanderson on movement of plants and animals; JSBS’s preliminary part was so long that he never got to the plants.
Comments on the triumph of the ladies in the voting at Cambridge.
Mentions F. Galton’s visit to Down, a call on the Huxleys, and a visit with the Duke of Argyll.
Tells a story about the absent-mindedness of Burdon Sanderson.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
