Seeks permission for his son to look for a paper for him.
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Seeks permission for his son to look for a paper for him.
"Be so good as the send receipt to above address".
Suggests a visit to Kew to see the hot houses the following Sunday.
Sends 6th ed. of Origin;
draws attention to his criticism of ARW’s estimate of Kovalevsky;
mentions his disagreement with much of Spencer’s doctrine
and in a postscript points out an inaccuracy in an article in Once a Month.
Thanks for a quarto work on the mining industry. CD’s sons much obliged for kindness in California.
Asks for investment advice.
Wants AR to make any observations she can on the occurrence of little ledges on the side of steep, turf-covered slopes. Feels they may result from the washing down of worm-castings.
Asks for the negative and permission to publish photo of smiling girl. [Expression, p. 202, plate III, fig. 2.]
Has read correspondent’s work. Glad he is not shocked at belief that man is descendant of lower form. An unusual attitude for a Frenchman.
Fears they differ greatly on origins of moral sense.
Asks AWB for a reference to a paper;
thanks him for his generous review of the last edition [6th] of the Origin.
Glad AW’s eyesight is better.
Has received AW’s essay [Einfluss der Isolierung (1872)].
Glad he is turning attention to sexual selection. Hardly any naturalists agree with CD on subject.
David Forbes thinks WED’s chalk samples have been penetrated by surface mud.
Thanks for facts about ducks.
Thinks TCE will be converted to principle of evolution if he continues testing facts for and against it. Natural selection is another question.
CD is vexed to hear that some of his friends and some booksellers complain of the type of the new [6th] edition of Origin. CD, whose eyesight is not good, had no trouble reading proofs.
Offers to send German editions of his works when he return home.
Acknowledges payment from sale of his books.
Has received GCW’s negative from the Heliotype Co. Thanks him for the beautiful work of art which, however, will make others on the same plate look ugly. [See Expression, pl. III, fig. 2.]
Discusses problems of obtaining money for the alteration of Down church.
CD has lost his reference to cross between gold and silver pheasants.
Feels it would be worth while but difficult to investigate mimicked and mimicking forms for structural similarities that would indicate a closer alliance in the past.