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To G. J. Romanes   25 [January 1882]1

Down

25th

My dear R.

The enclosed received this morning. Possibly they may be worth taking to the Linn. Soc.—2

I quite agree about the Grant Allen affair—3

Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

1
The month and year are established by the references to the Linnean Society and the Grant Allen affair (see nn. 2 and 3, below).
2
The enclosure has not been found; it probably related to the paper that Romanes planned to present at the Linnean Society on graft hybrids of sugar cane (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 and nn. 1 and 2).
3
CD and Romanes had agreed to give Grant Allen a microscope, but were considering when to present the gift (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 January 1882 and n. 2).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13644,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13644