Letter 1896
Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John
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Wishes to borrow fly pincers for his son George.
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Discusses T. V. Wollaston's book on insect variation [On the variation of species (1856)].
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Sunday
Dear Lubbock
Will you be so kind as to lend me, if you are not using it, the Fly-Pincers, like a
pair of scissors.
Georgy has taken a passion for Bees, & I want to see whether they will be useful to him, & if so I can get a pair made for him.—
I have been very sorry to hear how unwell you have been; but I hope you are now strong again.—
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Mrs
Wollaston's book on Insect variation is published & I am reading it.—
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- f1 1896.f1
June 1856d from the reference to CD's reading of Wollaston 1856 (see n. 3, below). - +
- f2 1896.f2
George Howard Darwin was nearly 11 years old. - +
- f3 1896.f3
Wollaston 1856. CD recorded it in his reading notebook on 5 June 1856 (Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV, 128: 18).