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Lectures on children's education by American visitor Mrs Stetson at Parkstone and Poole, her popularity, relationship to Harriet Beecher Stowe, and poetry; talks with her on poetry, socialism and Weisman's theory; death of "the Bounder" from typhoid fever.
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ARW will not make a speech in Darwin's honour at Oxford. Hooker should do this, as he is Darwin's oldest surviving friend. ARW believes that Darwin would not have wanted a statue of himself. Would be better to found institution or professorship for research.
His voluminous correspondence, Percy Burell; lime tree blight; gas leak in house; new patent fire mantel; Professor Poulton and proposed statue of Darwin in Oxford; Violet's salary.
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Thanking him for his volume on Darwin. Has received circular from Galton about suggested Royal Society Biological Farm.
Request from her brother William for aid to an unemployed schoolmaster; gardening; orchids; MS demanded by Violet sent; articles by Nansen sent.
Glad Hartert wrote to ARW re. Ptilotis limbata because ARW seems to have overlooked fact that had found it in Bali - obtained only 1 specimen there - fault of agent that it got misplaced from ARW's private collection (which was afterwards purchased by the BM) & was bought by Mr Gould. ARW's notes indicate Ptilotis limbata obtained by him in Baly [sic] and Lombok. Inc. list of birds collected by ARW June 13+14, 1856.
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Her brother William; arrangements for Christmas; bicycles; Mrs Stetson; Mr Waddington; visit from the Sharpes and Lady Torrens, Lady Torrens on spiritualism; Violet's K.G. (Kindergarten) magazine.
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