Thanks his Italian colleague for articles on the skull of a chimpanzee.
Thanks his Italian colleague for articles on the skull of a chimpanzee.
Cannot find a publisher for Italian translation of Expression. Gives up the project.
Would like a museum set up illustrating origins, varieties, and uses of domestic animals; seeks CD’s approval of the idea.
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Forwards Matthew Arnold’s Literature and dogma [1873].
Hopes they can secure Hooker for President of Royal Society.
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Thanks MA for his Literature and dogma [1873].
Encloses cheque for 1000 guineas, CD’s share of profits on first 7000 copies of Expression.
Thinks FBG’s idea of a room at the British Museum of domestic birds and animals an excellent one, but a collection of plants would be much more difficult.
Is sorry that CIFM has had to give up translating Expression into Italian.
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Sends a letter from William Huggins about a case of inherited fright in three generations of mastiffs. Discusses the different origins of instincts and their inheritance.
Gives a case of peculiar behaviour in cats that apparently is inherited.
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Remarks on the "grief-muscles" shown in a Dürer picture.
Returns family documents about "Kepler" [William Huggins’ dog, see Collected papers 2: 170–1]; there is still some sort of investigation into the "precise mental condition" of "Kepler" and his relatives.
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