Will be glad to see her on 4th.
Thinks Hensleigh is getting better, very slowly.
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Will be glad to see her on 4th.
Thinks Hensleigh is getting better, very slowly.
Observed expression in her baby for CD.
Relates some observations for CD on the crying of her infant daughter.
CD’s sudden temporary failure of memory and his eczema are not serious and would be relieved by rest and good diet.
Caroline says Jos [Wedgwood III] is "much pulled down".
Would like to come to Down on 20th or 21st.
Woolner is unwell.
Too late to observe baby’s tears.
Crying in babies.
Observations on the first appearance of tears in a baby.
Observations on expression in her baby daughter.
Thinks J. D. Hooker and Asa Gray will not be able to visit Down until after the 12th.
Has been working with G. R. Crotch on stridulation. The sexual theory seems very shaky.
Is sending preparations of beetles.
Pleased to come on 17th.
Is arranging the Aucuba experiment.
Sends some letters for CD’s perusal.
Asks what CD thinks of Huxley’s address [Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 25 (1869): xxviii–liii].
Would be glad to have Drosophyllum plants.
Sends a translation of two sentences [on floral structure] as requested by Henrietta Darwin.
Will observe old furrowed fields for CD in the early spring. Suggests locations in Scotland and Rugby with ridge and furrowing in old pastures.
Information [for CD] on old, sloping, ridged fields.
Encloses letters from two owners [W. Corbett and C. Randell] of large farms concerning fields with ridges and furrows in the direction of the slope. All local men agree the ridges do not change shape.
Possible quotations about shame for CD.
Further observations on expression of her dog.
His mother very ill.
Mrs Hooker back from Bavaria.
Hopes marriage [of Henrietta] went well. Is accused of saying he would rather go to two burials than one marriage.
Has heard from Huxley who is threatening to "thin out" Mivart. Huxley is reading Francisco Suarez and finds Mivart misquotes or misunderstands him.