Is writing confidentially not to justify the passage referred to [see 9759], which he much regrets, but to state facts. He never intended any personal hostility to [George] Darwin and seeks advice about how to make reparation.

Thanks THH and Hooker for defending George Darwin against Mivart’s libel.

THH’s letter to Mivart is "tremendous". CD’s feelings and intentions about the matter.

If THH has made out homology of the skull, it is grandest discovery in years.

A confidential letter explaining in detail the extent to which he regrets his attack upon [George] Darwin’s article.