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Sends his thanks for a kind letter; he has copied out the last sentence of the Origin.

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Explains that Orchids has been translated into German (Bronn trans. 1862); and that Living Cirripedia can now be purchased at Hardwicke’s, 192 Piccadilly, London.

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Handwritten extract from Origin 3d ed., p. 514.

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Comments on the facsimile of his handwriting made by HK, and points out two errors in the letter press.

Encloses three letters written by Erasmus Darwin, and asks HK to return them to Eliza Meteyard.

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Requests permission, for a friend, to publish extracts of Orchids in German translation.

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CD’s views go hand-in-hand with those of Ludwig Büchner.

He requests an autograph for a friend.

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Thanks for autograph.

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Requests photograph.

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Requests CD copy out a passage of Origin and autograph it for publication.

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Thanks for autograph [Autographic Mirror 3 (1865) no. 262] and corrections of HK’s biographical sketch of CD [Autographic Mirror 3 (1865): 82–3].

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Sends facsimile reproduction of CD’s handwriting [Autographic Mirror 3 (1865) no. 262]. Requests a sample of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s hand and autograph for publication.

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Thanks for the three Erasmus Darwin letters. Two have been returned to Eliza Meteyard. HK has kept the one about the French gentleman for publication [Autographic Mirror 4 (1866) no. 70].