"… Mr Herbert Spencer. I will call tomorrow about half past 12".
"… Mr Herbert Spencer. I will call tomorrow about half past 12".
Would have liked to come to lunch, but has been talking so much to Hooker that he has no strength left.
Thanks for verses on Origin and Descent.
EFL’s account of what CD has done in natural history is full and accurate and could not have been done better. He has added the titles of his later books and the name of his maternal grandfather [Josiah Wedgwood] of whom he is proud.
JL is in France with J. Steenstrup.
Herbert Spencer is staying with the Lubbocks and would much like to see CD.
Has marked a page from Adam Bede which may be relevant to CD’s work on expression.
Sven Nilsson may visit John Lubbock.
Norwich [BAAS] meeting was most successful.
John Lubbock has nearly finished his Thysanura book [Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura (1873)].
Verses on the Origin and Descent.
Observations on her pet cat.
Is trying to persuade "our friend" [T. H. Huxley?] to accept a gift.
Observations on her pet pug.
A poem on Insectivorous Plants.
Further arrangements for polling. Everything looks well. [Ellen Lubbock notes, "he is too sanguine – ".]