Glad CW has written on phyllotaxy [Mem. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. n.s. 9 (1867–73): 379–415].
Sure that CW’s pamphlet [Darwinism (1871)] will do cause good service.
Grateful for kindness to sons in America.
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Glad CW has written on phyllotaxy [Mem. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. n.s. 9 (1867–73): 379–415].
Sure that CW’s pamphlet [Darwinism (1871)] will do cause good service.
Grateful for kindness to sons in America.
Has completed corrections for Origin [6th ed.], but has received no proofs. Hopes it will be published without delay.
Has been reflecting on Murray’s suggestion to stereotype the Origin. Sees advantage in that it will make him stop additions and changes in style. Inquires whether each separate sheet is stereotyped and can be altered.
Asks whether any copies of C. Wright’s pamphlet have been sold.
Sends CD some more ducks’ skins so that he can examine the lamellae.
Writes about proof-correcting by WED [of Origin, 6th ed.].
Goes to Leith Hill on Friday.
Sends details of his discoveries of relics and bones of the "mound-builders", and Jeffries Wyman’s comments on them.
Details of the JDH–Ayrton–Gladstone imbroglio.
Is sending some lectures as a sign of his society’s respect for CD and his work.
Received his last letter.
Their third lecture will contain a history of creation from the Darwinian point of view.