A press review by J. Arthur Thomson, by unspecified journal.
Zonder titelOutlines that ten introductory lectures on the 'Study of Cities' are required for publication, with line illustrations only. Confirms that G. H. Perris will follow up with an agreement. Comments on Patrick Geddes' evolution syllabus and upcoming biological symposium. Suggests that they should write an essay or paper. Envelope extant and included.
Zonder titelThe pursuit of knowledge. Criticism of 'Vestiges' - the progress of man, (with a thought diagram), mentioning the theories of Weismann, Darwin, Oliphant, Fiske and Miss Buckly and stressing his belief in the importance of the reproductive factor. Commentary on disestablishment of the church. The Duke of Argyll's attack on natural selection: he is 'tolerably far gone in muddleheadedness'. Reference to Fothergill, Erasmus, [Jean Baptiste] Lamarck, Robert Chambers and Thomas Huxley.
Zonder titelWith reference to the publication of Patrick Geddes's papers after his death. Reference to James Slater and John Ross, and the possibility of some papers being at Montpellier.
Zonder titelWith reference to Universities and Colleges Exhibition.
Zonder titelPrinted, with manuscript additions and corrections, pp. 1-65, 69-72. Incomplete. With illustrations.
Zonder titelThomson Lectures, Free Church College Aberdeen. Printed.
Zonder titelNotes apparently by J. Arthur Thomson for a lecture on the theory of evolution. Includes discussion of the nature and origin of variation; growth [theory]; Darwinian orthodoxy; problems of variation; causes of variation; and problems of evolution. Paginated. Typescript.
Zonder titelNotes on the cell; cell structure; protoplasm; chlorophyll; and starch. Manuscript.
Zonder titelLecture notes on central work by pioneering American zoologist, geneticist, and cell biologist, Edmund Beecher Wilson, 1856 – 1939. Signed. Manuscript.
Zonder titelGiving a synopsis of 'La Chimie de la Cellule Vivante' by Professor Armand Gautier. Pages numbered 1-5 A and B. Manuscript.
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