Regarding the book's preface.
Sin títuloWith reference to Universities and Colleges Exhibition.
Sin títuloReprinted from 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh', session 1885-1886, No. 5, pp. 803-823. Includes plate. Printed.
Sin títuloReturning 'Nature's Method in the Evolution of Life' by [Thomas] Barclay, with some notes. Manuscript and typescript.
Sin títuloEnquiry about the possibility of Patrick Geddes being able to lecture at a conference on Public Morals 'with particular reference to sex-problems'.
Sin títuloDiscusses his reply to publishers, Walter Scott Publishing Company, on the failure to uphold the agreement in the decade since the edition of The Evolution of Sex was published, and a denial of Frederick J. Crowest's claim of leftover stock as reason for not paying royalties. Expresses his desire to 'get away from this firm altogether'.
Sin títuloDiscusses the revised edition of The Evolution of Sex and enquires if Geddes can create an envoi entitled "Sex in Evolution" to present to the publishers.
Sin títuloAttached, a manuscript poem by Thomson entitled 'Darwin in Doggerel'. Printed (1 p.) and manuscript (2 pp.).
Sin títuloPrinted, with manuscript additions and corrections, pp. 1-65, 69-72. Incomplete. With illustrations.
Sin títuloFrom 'Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh' and read on 21 January 1889. Printed. Pages numbered 91-116. Extensively annotated by hand in pencil.
Sin títuloThe 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.
Sin títuloThomson Lectures, Free Church College Aberdeen. Printed.
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