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Is pleased by CD’s praise of his article.

Hugh Falconer’s is certainly interesting.

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CD’s comments on JL’s paper [first part of "On the development of Chloëon dimidiatum", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 24 (1863): 61–78].

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Dining arrangements.

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Will come to dine on Monday unless he hears to the contrary.

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Thanks CD for his review [of H. W. Bates’s paper on mimetic butterflies, Collected papers 2: 87–92].

Is glad Hooker approved of his [JL’s] lecture.

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JL’s review of Lyell’s Antiquity of man (1863) [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 211–19].

Owen’s review of W. B. Carpenter in Athenæum [28 Mar 1863, pp. 417–19].

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JL is off to visit Scotch "kjökken möddings".

Hopes Lyell is not really vexed by his article.

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Has returned from trip to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Has been made President of the Ethnological Society.

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Is working on a notice for the Natural History Review [n.s. 4 (1864): 37–43] of Huxley’s lectures to working men on the origin of species.

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JL’s review of Huxley ["Lectures to working men", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 4 (1864)].

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JL’s article on Huxley’s "Lectures [to working men]".

Planning a volume of essays [Prehistoric times (1865)].

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Has obtained microscopes for CD.

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Wishes to borrow volumes 1 and 3 of Narrative [vol. 1 by Capt. P. P. King, vol. 3 by CD].

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Congratulates CD on receiving the Copley Medal.

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About buying shares.

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Vexed at the address of the President of the Royal Society [on award of Copley medal to CD].

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The Copley medal. Sabine’s Presidential Address and Huxley’s response.

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JL’s MS at printer’s [Prehistoric times (1865)].

Apologises for failure to post letter.

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JL’s book [Prehistoric times (1865)] is "most original".

Wishes him success in politics.

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Delighted at CD’s praise of his book [Prehistoric times (1865)].