336 GEORGE JOHN EOMANES 1894 



I quite accept the validity of your criticism of my 

 physiological selection in your book, supposing your 

 ' self-adaptation ' true to the extent you suppose. 

 But otherwise what you say tells in favour of physio- 

 logical selection, at least, excepting the statement as 

 to new aUied species originating as a rule on distant 

 areas from parent types. This, however, is certainly 

 an erroneous statement, though I should hke to 

 know how you came to make it. 



I much wish I could write more or meet you. 

 For, notwithstanding apparent bluntness (for brevity's 

 sake), I see you are one of the few evolutionists who 

 think for yourself. 



With many thanks, yours very truly, 



G. J. EOMANES. 



I am not against your criticism of natural 

 selection, for I have always thought there must 

 be some other additional principle of adaptation at 

 work. 



Grand Hotel, Costebelle, Hyeres (Var) : March 12. 



Dear Mr. Henslow, — My husband has much 

 enjoyed your long and clear letter which I have 

 just read to him. He is too ill to reply himself, 

 but he will dictate a few notes to me to send to 



Yours very truly, 



Ethel Eomanes. 



(a) I cry ' Peccavi ' as regards natural selection 

 co-operating with self-adaptation. Since you show 



