330 GEOEGE JOHN EOMANES 1893 



I am not exactly ' at work,' as I am not as yet 

 well enough to attempt it at anything like ordinary 

 pressure, but I am certainly better, and much obliged 

 to you for your kind inquiries upon the subject. 



With our united kind regards to Mrs. Darwin and 

 yourself, 



I remain, yours sincerely, 



G. J. Romanes. 



P.S. My illness has left me half blind, so I write 

 as much as possible by dictation, (What a bull !) 



94 St. Aldate's, Oxford : June 15. 



My dear Dyer, — Many thanks for your letter with 



enclosures. The letter shows that 's opinion has 



not altered since I last saw him. As I think I told 

 you at the Athenasum, he undertook some two or three 

 years ago on my behalf to raise discussions in the 

 papers, to which he alludes. Since that time he has 

 sent me, I believe, copies of all the numberless letters 

 which have been published in consequence. The 

 result of our inquiry has been to confirm the opinion 

 which he gave me at the first, and also to form my 

 own in the same direction. (See my article in 

 answer to Herbert Spencer in the ' Contemporary 

 Review ' for April. 1 ) 



As regards the isolation of species I do not 

 understand why you should suppose that the facts of 

 hybridisation to which you allude should in any way 

 modify my 'belief.' As fully set forth in ' Physio- 



1 Mr. Herbert Spencer on ' Natural Selection,' Contewporarxj Review, 

 April 1893. 



