Discusses heliotropism in plant cotyledons. Asks for information.
Discusses heliotropism in plant cotyledons. Asks for information.
Has signed a paper [unspecified];
thanks HW for his interesting letter and kind expressions about himself and his son.
HM’s teaching methods and his ideas are under attack in Germany along with the works of Ernst Krause.
Has been asked to contribute to W. K. Clifford memorial fund. Asks JT’s advice on how much the committee hopes to raise. Would like to give handsomely but feels bound "with such a lot of children, not to be extravagant".
Outlines his theory to explain the form of certain Swedish sandhills and puts forward his ideas regarding the geological history of the earth.
Sends thanks to the Masters for congratulations on his birthday, saying "the approbation & sympathy of one’s fellow-workers in the acquisition of knowledge is the highest possible reward which any man ought to desire".
Second request that CD sign a Cambridge memorial [i.e., petition]. The heading has been amended to include graduates who have formerly studied medicine.
Thanks for having sent prehistoric remains.
Thanks JT for his information. Sends £50 to the W. K. Clifford memorial fund.
Requests testimonial from CD for position of Assistant Keeper, Zoological Dept, British Museum.
Since he was innocent of sending the Botanische Zeitung to CD, he inquired of the editor, who informs him that it is sent every week by post by order of Williams and Norgate.
No summary available.
"I do not know whether the enclosed will be of any use to you.– I can say nothing of your fitness for the desired office, as I know nothing whatever of its duties.
I am sincerely sorry to hear of Mr F. Smith’s death."
Read GA’s book [The colour-sense] with "great interest". Makes criticisms and suggestions.
Cannot believe in GA’s theory of the origin of pleasure and pain.
Is glad he defends sexual selection;
CD finds A. R. Wallace’s explanations "mere empty words" and for many years he has "quite doubted [ARW’s] scientific judgment".
Considers the possible effect of environmental colour on the colour tastes of animals.
Thanks for criticisms of Colour-sense.
Clarifies his views that actions desirable for species result in development of nervous organs capable of pleasurable stimulation.
Believes that all "tastes" occurring in nature are explicable with reference to ancestral habits and that none is purely arbitrary.
Letter of recommendation for Richard Bowdler Sharpe, ornithologist.
Circular about the distribution of the overplus of his income and advice on investment.
Is increasing FD’s allowance.
Has begun his chapter on sleep of plants [for Movement in plants].
Encloses a press clipping [missing] of his observations [on stem structure?].
Describes health-related arguments for vegetarianism. Notes arguments that anthropoid apes are vegetarians. Asks whether man is sufficiently adapted to mixed diet so that meat is not harmful?