CD would like to know what were the sizes of insects caught by the older leaves of Dionaea.
CD would like to know what were the sizes of insects caught by the older leaves of Dionaea.
Reports that he has the power of moving his left ear towards the top of his head [see Descent 1: 21].
Thanks for gift of first part of AG’s magnificent work [Animaux fossiles du mont Léberon (1873)].
The editor of a supplement to the New Free Press to be published during the next Vienna Exhibition, asks CD to contribute a few columns on any topic.
Thanks for a photograph of a donkey and children.
Letters arrived on Monday and will be kept safe. Feels envious at Miss Herschel's forthcoming visit to Rome. Mentions a friend she may meet there. Work progresses slowly.
Orders a copy of the St Paul’s Magazine for February.
Recommends a language teacher.
Remarks on expression.
Delighted with John Traherne Moggridge’s book [Harvesting ants (1873)].
Has suggested he plant seeds in various receptacles. Only two explanations for failure of seeds to germinate [in ants’ nests]: lack of circulating air or formic acid.
Has undertaken a botany primer for Macmillan.
No summary available.
Will see whether formic acid delays germination of fresh seeds.
Thinks primer not at all a folly. Refers JDH to Asa Gray’s "child’s book" [see 8363].
No summary available.
Comments on CD’s and William Huggins’ letter in Nature on "Inherited instinct" [Collected papers 2: 170–1]
and on A. R. Wallace’s letter on the homing faculty of animals. Believes many instances of homing are less remarkable than they appear.
Sends pamphlet on punishment in education [Punishments in education, read at Social Science Congress, 1872] in response to Expression. Proposes that character can be diagnosed from expression.
CD is asked to increase his shares in the Artizans, Labourers, & General Dwellings Co. Ltd., which has trebled its capital in the last year and is paying a 6% dividend.
Thanks CD for comments on Die Kalkschwämme.
Plans trip to Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt.
Discusses work of a Polish translator, Ludwik Masłowski.
No summary available.
No summary available.
Thanks CD for Expression.
Suggests saving some anthropoid Quadrumana from extinction by taming and studying them in their own environments to learn about their development.
Asks for references to works on CD’s views for a paper he is preparing.