Young Austrian woman asks for CD’s autograph.
Young Austrian woman asks for CD’s autograph.
A supporter of "the presumptive connection between socialism and evolution through natural selection" sends essays of Carl Vogt and requests CD to comment on them publicly.
Thanks correspondent for the copies of his engraving. "The work seems to be, though I cannot pretend to be a judge, a vy fine production".
Sends figures on increase in value of North Western Railway stocks. Says consol stock considered much more secure for bankers. Does not think his own bank is in danger of a run. Is glad to see the Emperor of Prussia has confirmed CD’s appointment to Academy. Is snowing at Bassett.
G[eorge] has visited A[nthony] R[ich] at Worthing.
Asks about possibility of securing grant in England in order to complete work on ammonites. Describes progress. Could CD recommend him to a foundation? Describes personal background.
Suggests MJ does not worry about the differences in opinion between ecclesiastics and scientists.
Relates anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
Thanks CHB for his anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
Thanks for essay on origin of taste for music. Will send to Edmund Gurney.
Will send carriage to station on 18th.
Asks MN about trustworthiness of Leopold Würtenberger. Would like to aid LW financially in his work.
Is sorry that LW’s circumstances interfere with his scientific work. Does not think any English scientific society can help.
Sends his photograph; asks for CD’s.
Sends CD a book on science and scriptures written by a clergyman friend [unidentified].
Points out comment by Grant Allen supporting his theory of the origin of colour sense. Is English translation of his essay possible?
Notes advertisement of Tito Vignoli, Fundamentalgesetz der Intelligenz im Thierreiche [1879].
Has read Hume with great pleasure, but found parts very stiff reading.
George Darwin has visited Anthony Rich.
Thanks GdeS for his photograph; sends his own. Glad to hear GdeS’s work [Le monde des plantes (1879)] is popular in France.
Sends the Fritz Müller article from Kosmos.