With reference to J. Stuart-Glennie and his resolve to 'raise an action against Professor Ramsay here for slander', over a matter of a lost manuscript, if he does not obtain Gifford lectureship in Edinburgh. Thomson feels it would be 'unwise, futile and unworthy'. Asks Geddes to write to Stuart-Glennie and give him advice.
Zonder titelEnquiry about the possibility of Patrick Geddes being able to lecture at a conference on Public Morals 'with particular reference to sex-problems'.
Zonder titelDiscusses 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'.
Zonder titelDiscusses 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.
Zonder titelIncomplete. University Hall, Edinburgh, and the need for further financial support. Suggests that J. Martin White or the Education Department or Edinburgh University might be called upon for assistance.
Zonder titelTopics of lectures include: 'Making of seeds', 'Scattering of seeds', 'Life of seeds', 'Chemistry of seeds' and related questions [by J. A. Thomson]. Manuscript.
Zonder titelExtensive notes and summary papers by J. Arthur Thomson on evolutionists, possibly in preparation for 'Evolution' (1912), or 'Biology' (1925), both co-written with Patrick Geddes. Includes full typescript of 'Weismann's Concessions' by American botanist and sociologist, Lester Frank Ward, 1841-1913. Among the evolutionists covered are: Theodor Eimer, J. T. Gulick, Henri Bergson, August Weismann, Lester Ward and Lloyd Morgan. Manuscript and typescript.
Zonder titelIncomplete. Manuscript.
Zonder titelManuscript with typescript copy.
Zonder titelManuscript. Paginated.
Zonder titelNotes detailing the process of karyokinesis and laws of cell division. Manuscript.
Zonder titelDescribing its chemistry, formation, distribution, life-history, movements, functions in the plant, physiology, and decomposition products. Also notes on pigments. Manuscript.
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