As AE hardly admits evolution, they view all subjects differently.

Passes judgment on photo of embryological interest.

Thanks him for his book [Du Darwinisme ou l’homme singe (1877)] and letter.

Thanks for review. Fears "we must agree to differ".

Health weak. Not worth TM’s time to visit.

Thanks AD-P for plates [from Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port, Atlas der Botanik (1878–83)]. Will be useful to all who teach botany.

Asks for Tom. 23 of the Bulletin de la Soc. Bot. de France to be purchased for him.

Discusses inheritance.

Has WP heard of Douglas Spalding’s experiments of blindfolding chickens ["Instinct – with original observations on young animals", Rep. BAAS 42 (1872): 141–3]?

CD admires Herbert Spencer’s genius but not his "deductive style" of expression.

Asks for advice on how to care for previously sent species.

Occurrence of "bloom".

EK may publish a translation [of "Sketch of an infant"] if he wishes, but CD hardly thinks it deserves the honour.

Glad to hear that Kosmos succeeds fairly well; has found several articles interesting.

Thanks GB for corrections to chapter on cleistogamic flowers [Forms of flowers].

Asks for his opinion on "bloom"-producing plants in different climates.

Thanks for offprints [of "Sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200]. Several Germans have asked permission to translate it.

"Frank and I are working very hard on ""bloom"" and sleep" [movements]. Asks for succulent species for experiment.

Thanks RABL for his book on crocodiles [Fossile Crocodiliden (1877)].

Thanks for CGS’s work [“Über Schneckenaugen” (1877)].

Thanks him for various plants sent for experiments.

Frank [Darwin] has been feeding Drosera meat to study differences between fed and unfed plants.

With 88 others signs a letter supporting the representation of natives in the legislative assembly of the Union of South Africa.

Writes as a trustee of the Down Friendly Society. Hopes the Society will soon be permitted to distribute its surplus funds, as there is agitation to dissolve the club and divide its assets.

Describes experiments on sensitivity of plant leaves to water.

Frank [Darwin] has found that Drosera leaves fed with meat contain more starch.

Comments on paper by Francis Darwin ["Glandular hairs of the common teasel", Q. J. Microsc. Sci. 17 (1877): 169–74, 245–72].