
          matter & got no answer; perhaps
 he would need a repremand from you.


 Have you seen Drapers Physiology?
 I am about noticing it. I am afraid
 his desire of novelty has led him beyond
 your Lamarck. I understand him to deny
 not only the existance of species
 but of individuals also. See page 470
 "Plants are operations not individuals."
 "Analogy between a plant & a flame" See also
 on P. 506 "The classifications of Nat. Hist are
 fictious" There is a good deal of ingenuity
 displayed in this matter & I thank him
 for going to the very end of the affair unless
 the denial of the existence of matter
 & mind would be a possible step
 beyond. The work was published by the Harpers
 last fall & I fear has not met the
 attention it has deserved. The attack
 on Well's Year book in the NY Observer
 in August was by me, but this is in
 confidence. The time I am not at
 my plants I spend in reading English &
 German I have a great deal of back
 reading to do as I have not caught up
 since my return from N.Y. I have not
 made a visit or a call (errands excepted) in
 this village since my return. I have
        