Thanks for the essay on a curious new cirripede. He will not accept the offer of microscopical preparations.
Thanks for the essay on a curious new cirripede. He will not accept the offer of microscopical preparations.
Invites GJR to visit.
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Invites correspondent to luncheon on Friday or Saturday.
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Sends French translation of Journal of researches and will send the £20 due to CD when 750 copies have been sold.
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Cannot help with Pinguicula or Utricularia. Mrs Mary Treat is studying Utricularia.
Forwards his short piece on duration of varieties [New York Tribune 8 Dec 1874; Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 9 (1875): 109–14].
Cites more examples of inheritance of maternal impressions.
Regrets the trouble GHD has had.
Thanks for work on Lacerta muralis coerulea [Zoologische Studien auf Capri 2 (1874)].
Thanks for translation of his Journal of researches. Is pleased by its appearance.
Also thank Edmond Barbier for his kind words. [See 9752.]
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Describes his university lectures on evolution and their publication in a book [Die neuere Schöpfungsgeschichte (1875)].
Thanks JDH for his and Huxley’s countering of the false attack on George [Darwin] by Mivart. Encloses a note to Mivart on which he asks JDH’s opinion.
Sends a suggested title [for Insectivorous plants?].
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Asks JL to send ten shillings for the Down Friendly Club.
Has just read JL’s paper on bees and wasps [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 12 (1876): 110–39]. Is astonished by their stupidity. The experiments on colour are especially good. Suggests JL examine their retinas; sends enclosure [missing] on eyes of reptiles and birds.