52 GEORGE JOHN BOMANES 1876- 



which I am very sorry for, as I should have heard 

 what they think about the new Bill. 1 I see that you 

 are one of the secretaries to this young society. I 

 was very much gratified by the wholly unexpected 

 honour of being elected one of the hon. members. 

 This mark of sympathy has pleased me to a very high 

 degree. 



Believe me, yours very sincerely, 



CH. DARWIN. 



Hackel gives reference to a paper on Pan. of which 

 I have never heard. 



I fear that you will have difficulty in reading my 

 scrawl. 



Do you know who are the other hon. members 

 of your Society ? 



From G. J. Romanes to C. Darwin. 



Dunskaith, Nigg, Koss-shire, N.B. : June 1, 1876. 



Many thanks for your long and kind letter. 

 Also for the accompanying essay. It seems to me, 

 from your epitome of the latter, that if Pangene- 

 sis is ' airy,' Perigenesis must be almost vacuous. 

 However, I anticipate much pleasure in reading the 

 work, for anything by Hackel on such a subject 

 cannot fail to be interesting. 



I am sorry to hear that you ' much needed rest,' 

 and also about Frank. I had hoped, too, that you 

 would have mentioned Mrs. Litchfield. 



Having been away from London for several weeks, 



1 For tho Suppression of Vivisection. 



