Sends a bill he thinks is Caroline’s.
Tells CD of officers’ praise of Leonard.
Sends a bill he thinks is Caroline’s.
Tells CD of officers’ praise of Leonard.
Wishes correspondent to investigate immediately the loss of two boxes in transit.
No summary available.
Athenæum [Owen’s?] attack on JDH [BAAS address] and CD. False statement that CD’s sole groundwork is from pigeons.
Agrees with JDH on foolishness of Red Lion Club.
Huxley’s want of judgment.
JDH’s argument about astronomy and astronomers.
Pall Mall Gazette [8 (1868): 593, 595–6] and Morning Advertiser on JDH’s address.
Sends back excellent translation of his review with minor corrections. Mentions 'fine display of meteors with long trains' on 10 August. Gives news of his son Lieutenant John Herschel's observations. Acknowledges works received.
Given up idea of translating Dante; comments on meteor shower report; suggests EC write an ode on poverty.
Invites JJW to visit Down. Will try to get A. R. Wallace and H. W. Bates also.
Surprised and pleased JBI liked his "big book" [Variation].
Luckily, naturalists do not seem to think he has committed suicide with the work.
CD wants to turn over the school accounts to John Robinson [curate of Down]. Writes of other parish news.
Will vote in person for Sir John Lubbock.
Returns a pamphlet on Salvia [F. Hildebrand, "Über die Befruchtung der Salviaarten" (1865) Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 4 (1866): 451–78].
Thanks GHKT and S. O. Glenie for information about fowls.
Hoped to succeed late William H. Barton as comptroller and deputy master of Mint, but learned that government plans to make this office a political appointment. Seeks testimonial from JH on CS's behalf.
Sends CD an article [missing] on the early domestication and culture of the goldfish.
Is very grateful for his comments on her translation of Dante's Inferno. Will obtain Mr. Ford's version. Intends to continue with her translation though she sees no prospect of it being printed.
Would like information on the first plumage of poultry.
Comments on communications to R.S.L. by JH's son John in India.
No summary available.
Has met A. J. Gower, Consul at Nagasaki, Japan, who knows all about the Ainus. JDH has given away all the copies of CD’s Queries about expression.
Nettled by Pall Mall Gazette review of BAAS address [see 6342].
Owen is indeed an ass. Carlyle’s comment on Owen’s smile.
The Asa Grays at Kew.
Sexual differences in plumage of birds; various species compared.
Accepts invitation.
No summary available.