Darwins and Lubbocks wish to continue using the school room as a Reading Room for workers in the winter months and asks Ffinden to support them.
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Darwins and Lubbocks wish to continue using the school room as a Reading Room for workers in the winter months and asks Ffinden to support them.
Describes a seance attended by George Darwin and Myers.
Wants the Anthropological Society renamed the Ethnological Society. Is trying to raise funds toward payment of the Society’s debt.
Answers Emma Darwin’s request that the school room be used in the winter as a Reading Room. Protests the Darwins approaching the Education Department directly.
Invites AG to stay at Down.
Kind to send seeds of Aquilegia Brodii. Gives news on her sons. Glad of recent rain to help the hay.
Describes voyage to New Zealand.
Sends reference on Pinguicula [for CD].
The occurrence and prevention of scale in boilers.
Anxious to hear Murray’s reply [to CD’s letter 9598].
CD cannot come to London to sit for photograph. Sends one taken by son [Leonard], which family considers the best likeness. CD would be glad to give a sitting at Down.
Parish and family news.
Francis Darwin’s marriage; Francis serves as CD’s assistant.
Explains more fully why CD cannot sign Miss Cobbe’ anti-vivisection petition.
CD asks her to tell him how sorry he is not to be there to see Whitney today. He hopes that Whitney will give him another chance when next in England.
Reports on health [of unidentified woman].
EAD will not think of coming to Down until their return.
An invitation to Down for Sunday 16 October.
News of the parish and neighbours.
CD pleased JBI is interested in his book [Cross and self-fertilisation].
He is pretty well and hard at work with Francis.
Arranges for EH’s visit to Down.
CD desires her to say that the cream of THF’s letter of congratulations about William [Darwin]’s marriage [to Sara Sedgwick] lay in the P.S. about "the beloved worms, and not in any such trifles as marrying, &c".
On an elephant’s crying when foot was operated on.
CD will be glad to see TWH on Friday next, and invites him to stay the night.