Dear M^r Meldola

Your certificate has been signed by self—Norman Lockyer Greville Williams, Ch. Al. Wright, H. W. Bates & Sir J. Lubbock.¹ These are fairly good names, & in accordance with my practice of not applying to more than 6 men, I have sent the Certificate to R. Soc^y.— You are probably aware that anyone else who likes, can add his name to the suspended Certificate.² But I have been assured by members of the Council that the names are never considered, only what the applicant has done.—

As you have not given the titles of the papers published by you, it seems to me highly adviseable that you sh^d. act in compliance with the printed request that “as far as practicable, copies of any books & publications mentioned in this Certificate be furnished for the use of the Council &c &c.—(to be ultimately returned) You could send the copies to W. White Esq^re at R. Soc.—stating that they were sent in compliance with the above request on the Certificate—³

Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin