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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[18 Oct 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 118
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Darwin Family Letters
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Has been invited to lecture at the Royal Institution by Spottiswoode. Discusses subjects he might deal with and his reasons for attempting it.
Tells of a complicated case of a double sale of a living.
Huxley says F. M. Balfour passed brilliantly.
Thanks WBD for his book, Cave hunting (1874).
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Thanks for Quarterly Review [Oct 1874, containing G. H. Darwin’s letter and a rejoinder]. Is convinced the author is Mivart. Is therefore not surprised at malice in the article attacking his son [George Darwin] and grossly misrepresenting CD.