Notes on reefs in the SW Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
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Notes on reefs in the SW Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
Has found no [potato] variety whose foliage can resist the parasite, except when grown under glass.
Thanks AG for his kind note and returns his good wishes.
A young disciple wishes to know if reports of people with tails in New Guinea could be true.
Fears that the promised bottle of pure water may have been despatched or stolen in passage. [See 11768a.]
Young Austrian woman asks for CD’s autograph.
A supporter of "the presumptive connection between socialism and evolution through natural selection" sends essays of Carl Vogt and requests CD to comment on them publicly.
Sends figures on increase in value of North Western Railway stocks. Says consol stock considered much more secure for bankers. Does not think his own bank is in danger of a run. Is glad to see the Emperor of Prussia has confirmed CD’s appointment to Academy. Is snowing at Bassett.
Thanks correspondent for the copies of his engraving. "The work seems to be, though I cannot pretend to be a judge, a vy fine production".
G[eorge] has visited A[nthony] R[ich] at Worthing.
Asks about possibility of securing grant in England in order to complete work on ammonites. Describes progress. Could CD recommend him to a foundation? Describes personal background.
Suggests MJ does not worry about the differences in opinion between ecclesiastics and scientists.
Relates anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
Thanks for essay on origin of taste for music. Will send to Edmund Gurney.
Thanks CHB for his anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
Asks MN about trustworthiness of Leopold Würtenberger. Would like to aid LW financially in his work.
Is sorry that LW’s circumstances interfere with his scientific work. Does not think any English scientific society can help.
Sends his photograph; asks for CD’s.
Points out comment by Grant Allen supporting his theory of the origin of colour sense. Is English translation of his essay possible?
Sends CD a book on science and scriptures written by a clergyman friend [unidentified].