Asks CD about the origin of certain expressions in man.
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Asks CD about the origin of certain expressions in man.
Opposes all corporal punishment. Pleased CD agrees with his pamphlet.
Insists that suckling babies pound and scratch mothers’ breasts. Perhaps CD’s evidence to the contrary comes from ladies, who only expose small portion of bosom, as opposed to working-class women.
Various observations on sexual selection portion of Descent – ostriches, rosy-billed duck, egrets, rails, etc.
Thanks CD for one of his books.
Sends CD a copy of his book [Die Urgeschichte der Menschheit, 2 vols. (1873)].
In Germany CD’s views have achieved great recognition among naturalists, but in other disciplines there is great controversy. OC’s book seeks to resolve the controversy by showing how state, morals, religion, and church have developed from natural beginnings.
A circular advertising a meeting at the Senate House, Cambridge, on 25 March to discuss a memorial to Professor Adam Sedgwick.
Thanks for CD’s regrets at AWB’s leaving Nature.
Plans English editions of Asa Gray’s books [How plants grow; How plants behave].
Other publication plans.
Thanks for congratulations on appearance of abstract of HA’s paper [Nature 7 (1873): 343–4].
Explains again his theory of "contraction with twist" by which compact buds and a spiral phyllotaxy have evolved. Explains how the peculiar phyllotaxy of the teasel is explicable by this process of "condensation".
CD’s notice in Nature [Collected papers 2: 171–2] induces WP to send letters from correspondents recounting stories of a dog that learned to open a door and of another that found his way home from London to Cowes.
Two students express their gratitude and admiration.
Compares sense of smell in dogs and cats.
An admirer sends clipping from Bremen newspaper on hybrid between orange and lemon.
Describes his critique of natural selection [Die Lehre Darwins kritisch betrachtet (1871)].
Gives some information on variation of ocelli between sexes in butterfly species.
Proposes publishing a series of papers on mimicry.
H. W. Bates says CD is in town. WWR would like to call.
Discusses expression among the Chinese. Reports certain physical characters and the practice of certain unusual customs.
On ocelli and relation to sexual selection;
instance of rejection of male by female butterfly.
Thanks CD for photograph – sends one in return,
questions CD on his religious views.
Has read several of CD’s books; is curious about his remarks on "movements which are no longer useful but still inherited". Asks CD’s opinion on why people still swing arms with opposite leg in walking.