Sends abstracts of more articles [on Dr Erasmus Darwin] from Monthly Magazine.
Sends abstracts of more articles [on Dr Erasmus Darwin] from Monthly Magazine.
CD is particularly obliged for the copy of Maria Edgeworth’s letter.
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CD astonished at receiving the Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians.
Assures EK he will lose no time in writing his essay [on Erasmus Darwin].
A book by Samuel Butler on Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck has been announced [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. Will have a copy sent to EK.
Appreciates award of the Baly Medal and hopes to attend ceremony on 26 June.
Has received CD’s letter [see 12050]. Gives CD the history of the Baly Medal and names previous recipients. It is not necessary for CD to be present for the award, but if he chooses to attend, arrangements could be made for him to arrive just before the presentation. CD will not be required to make an acceptance speech.
Assures EK that he will not change his mind about publishing a translation of EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. It is unfortunate that Samuel Butler should have published [Evolution, old and new] just then, but that does not change CD’s determination.
Butler is clever, but knows no science. His views that cells have memory and the power of wishing – even if correct – cannot explain how they could change themselves chemically or structurally.
EK can do anything he likes with CD’s preface [to Erasmus Darwin].
Sends some queries connected with his writing of the biographical preface to Erasmus Darwin.
Thanks for answers to questions [in 12032].
Has ordered the new book by Butler [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. It may make EK’s own essay superfluous.
Sends an ammonite from the Upper Lias, which has Balanus-like bodies on surface. He wants CD’s interpretation. Discusses possible function of aptychi, siphuncular tube, and operculum in ammonites.
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Sends newspaper cutting referring to CD.
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Wants some Sunday tickets for the Zoological Garden.
Wants information on the use of reason by animals.
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Has searched to no avail for 17th- and 18th-century wills to learn how Elston Hall was acquired by Robert Darwin rather than by William Darwin, even though Robert was the younger son.