From J. D. Hooker   7 April 1875

Kew

April 7/75

Dear Darwin

I like all the enclosed—but might you not add “& the lower animals” where I have pencilled at the very end1

Ever aff yrs | Jos D Hooker

Hooker refers to a draft petition to regulate vivisection (see letter from T. H. Huxley, [4 April 1875] and n. 2).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9917,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9917