JL’s review of Lyell’s Antiquity of man (1863) [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 211–19].

Owen’s review of W. B. Carpenter in Athenæum [28 Mar 1863, pp. 417–19].

JL’s review of Huxley ["Lectures to working men", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 4 (1864)].

About buying shares.

The Copley medal. Sabine’s Presidential Address and Huxley’s response.

JL’s book [Prehistoric times (1865)] is "most original".

Wishes him success in politics.

Has read abstract of JL’s paper ["On the present state of archaeological science", Athenæum 21 July 1866, pp. 79–82] and praises it.

Asks JL to look up a paper by Thomas Hincks on Polyzoa or Bryozoa [Q. J. Microsc. Sci. 2d ser. 1 (1861): 278–81].

Encloses note of introduction to Murray.

Close inbreeding and factors acting against it.

Has been looking at the school accounts. Has any interest been paid to S. J. O’H. Horsman this year? CD will keep accounts temporarily; he has not yet received from Horsman the balance in hand from last year.

Asks whether JL would be prepared to sign a petition on behalf of Miss Eliza Meteyard who is seeking a civil list pension.

Sexual differences in Labidocera darwinii, in Entomostraca, and Myriapoda.

Congratulations [on election to Parliament]; hopes science will not suffer because of politics.

Previously wrote inquiring about savages and suicide, but JL need not hurry to answer.

CD would like questions on consanguineous marriages inserted in the Census to ascertain effects, if any, on fertility.

All the inhabitants of Down hope JL will endeavour to induce the Post Office to improve the telegraph service.

CD’s comments on proofs of JL’s book [Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura (1873)].

Praises and comments on JL’s essay on insects ["Origin of insects", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 11 (1873): 422–5].

Asks JL to obtain copies of CD’s botanical works for his wife.

Discusses problems of obtaining money for the alteration of Down church.

CD wishes to acquire a piece of JL’s land.