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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
27 May 1881
Source of text:
DAR 211: 77
Summary:

Dispatches chapters six and seven [of Earthworms].

Asks for any opinions on V. Hensen and his book, Physiologie der Zeugung [1881], which seems interesting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Henry Goodwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 May 1881
Source of text:
DAR 99: 200
Summary:

Requests CD’s autograph.

WHG grew up within 200 yards of "The Mount" [Darwin residence] in Shrewsbury.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
27 May 1881
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LL/4)
Summary:

Agrees to sit for portrait. Thinks John Collier is a good artist, an opinion based on his portrait of Hooker.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[after 27 May 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 78
Summary:

Thanks FD for corrections [for Earthworms].

Discusses experiments on absorption in Drosera.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project