Asks that Gray forward a letter to J. T. Rothrock. Variation is selling well. Nearly all chapters were at least partially written before Origin was published.
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Asks that Gray forward a letter to J. T. Rothrock. Variation is selling well. Nearly all chapters were at least partially written before Origin was published.
AG’s review of Variation [Nation 6 (1868): 234–6] very good.
CD’s fondness for Pangenesis; although an "infant cherished by few", CD expects it to have a long life.
AG’s coming visit to England.
Hooker’s Presidency of BAAS.
A month at the Isle of Wight has done almost nothing for CD.
Discusses arrangements for American edition of Variation.
Observations on apparently inherited instinct in a dog.
Has read sheets of Variation up to Pangenesis.
AG is writing notice of American edition of Variation [Nation 6 (1868): 234–6].
Pangenesis is "as good an hypothesis as one can now make".
AG is not surprised at popularity of CD’s Variation. Gives some corrections for next edition.
Has passed on copy of Variation to American Academy [of Arts and Sciences]. The U. S. reprint is not very nicely printed.
CD’s book taking on famously. AG’s review in Nation [see 5921] and preface to American edition.
Reached Kew last evening.
Hooker is in Scotland for two or three days.
Wants seeds of Passiflora gracilis.