Thanks CL for his book [The student’s elements of geology (1871)].

Is correcting proofs [of Descent].

Has been looking for something about crop rotation in Origin and Variation.

Comments on CL’s Principles of geology, 11th ed.

Discusses natural selection in man.

Comments on migration as a factor in evolution. Suggests pamphlet by August Weismann on the subject [Über den Einfluss der Isolierung (1872)].

Thanks him for interesting letter from a Mr Wood on heredity in fruit-trees.

Comments on enclosed discussion of S. American geology by Agassiz. Mentions elevation of Patagonia and glaciation.

Hopes that Charles Lyell has enjoyed his excursion.

Offers condolences on the death of CL’s wife.

Thanks CL for copy of Antiquity of man [4th ed. (1873)]; will read the modified or new parts.

Thanks for the extract from the American paper.

Discusses apple specimens received from CL; reversion to crab state. Cites passage on subject in Variation.

Comments on letter from Mr Wood on inheritance in fruit-trees.

Would like to cross flowers of "Hawthornden" with many distinct varieties.

Arranges a visit to CL.

The coral-reef book has been invaluable [J. D. Dana, Corals and coral islands (1872); used by CD in Coral reefs, 2d ed. (1874)].

Thanks for Saturday Review.

Circular requesting recipients to sign an enclosed [missing] statement [relating to appeal for Naples Zoological Station] if they approve of it.

Will subscribe £25 towards F. A. Dohrn’s Zoological Station at Naples.

Comments on CL’s planned bequest to science. CD would do the same if he had fewer sons.

Comments on Tyndall’s [Presidential] Address at Belfast meeting [of BAAS] and praise of CD’s work there. Mentions criticism of Belfast clergy.

CL saw some crustacean footprints while in Ireland.

Discusses belief in immortality and a personal God.

Describes his holiday in Southampton.

Comments on papers of John Wesley Judd.

Discusses paper on volcanoes by J. W. Judd.

Comments on volcanoes of the S. American Cordillera.

Mentions paper by T. F. Jamieson ["Glacial period in N. Britain", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 30 (1874): 317–18].

Notes recent confirmation of CD’s views on subsidence in [island of] St Jago.

Describes Carboniferous strata discovered on Island of Mull by J. W. Judd. Contained evidence of Miocene sinking of volcanoes.