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To G. J. Romanes 23 May 1877
Summary
Thanks him for book by Grant Allen [Physiological aesthetics (1877)].
Comments on dispute over spontaneous generation.
The Council [of the Royal Society] will not print Frank Darwin’s paper on Dipsacus [in Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond.].
Mentions GJR’s grafting experiments
and his investigation of spiritualism.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 23 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.513) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10971 |
To G. J. Romanes 27–8 May [1877]
Summary
Discusses Francis Darwin’s paper on teasel [Dipsacus].
Comments on GJR’s investigation of spiritualism.
Comments on book by Grant Allen [Physiological aesthetics (1877)].
Invites him to visit
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 27–8 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.514, Mss.B.D25.546) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10973 |
