Thanks JS for Sensation and intuition [1874]. Regrets that it was not published earlier, so he could have profited by some of the discussions.
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Thanks JS for Sensation and intuition [1874]. Regrets that it was not published earlier, so he could have profited by some of the discussions.
Thanks for FdeC’s work [Lectures on state medicine (1875)].
E. R. Lankester has been unfairly blackballed at the Linnean Society. He is to be proposed for a second time, with CD seconding the proposal. Urges ARW to attend the ballot.
Thanks for errata in Insectivorous plants.
Sends spare copies of his papers, but thinks several are not worth publishing.
Has only one copy, which he will lend JVC, of the best one, on "Erratic boulders of South America" [Collected papers 1: 145–63].
Has not sent "Parallel roads of Glen Roy" [Collected papers 1: 87–137], as he is sure he was wrong.
"Sambaquis", or shell mounds accumulated by former inhabitants of the coast, contain shells of some animals that FM has never seen living.
Ants that live on imbauba trees (Cecropia) are attracted by small bodies at base of each petiole.
Sends books.
Discusses GJR’s Pangenesis experiments; views of Galton on the theory.
Encloses list of errata in Insectivorous plants [1875] for the French translator.
Sends his paper on an American pitcher-plant [Darlingtonia californica].
AG’s notices of Insectivorous plants [Nation 22 (1876): 12–14, 30–2]
and Climbing plants [2d ed., Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 11 (1876): 69–74].
Use of flower peduncles for support in Maurandia. Transition from branches to tendrils.
Is glad ARW will attend to vote for Lankester [at the Linnean Society].
BJS has just moved.
Gives the information he has of their old shipmates.
Tells of his brother’s misfortunes.
Discusses fairy rings.
[The black-balling of Edwin Ray Lankester by the Linnean Society] is a most scandalous shame. Will arrange for his own admission to fellowship of the Society.
Thanks for sending "wonderful speciment of Darlingtonia".
"I will not forget your obliging offer of giving me information with respect to California about which I may be curious."
Copies remaining in stock of Climbing plants [2d ed.], 105,
and Origin [6th ed.], 100.
CD should send the printer any corrections he wants made before reprinting.
Discusses payment of £10 owed by Italians.
"No corrections for Voyage of Beagle [Journal of researches]."
He is proposing [John Wesley] Judd for FRS and asks for CD’s support.
Has signed John Wesley Judd’s certificate.
Hopes his wife, Thereza Mary Story-Maskelyne, will not forget about the meeting at the Linnean Society on 3 February; feels E. R. Lankester’s case is very cruel.
Sends Charles Lyell’s letters. Those from 1862–9 are so heavy that they have to be put in two parcels.
Regrets having missed seeing CD when he was in London.