Reprinted from The Sociological Review.
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Relates to the forthcoming Congress of Living Religions to be held in London and Patrick Geddes' donation to the School of Religions, Bombay. Receipt enclosed.
An obituary by Patrick Geddes for The Scottish Geographical Magazine. Typescript. Two copies, one with corrections.
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Enclosure: short prospectus and order form for shares in the English Housing and Town Planning Trust Ltd. N. d.
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Twenty-two photographs of the gardens at the Scots College at Montpellier.
Anon.
All photographs are in a small envelope endorsed in manuscript in ink 'College des Ecossais Original Cottage 1924'; '(Another) nearby 68' added in manuscript in ball pen (blue).
Geddes’s illness. Asks when Geddes is coming back to Scotland to "settle down to [his] Magnum Opus". The writer’s work since 1918 in the ex-service Students’ Branch of the S.E.D. His proposed world tour. Mention of his family abroad. His son Frank is Executive Education Officer in Orkney. Frank Mears and his wife: their recent pageant. Reference to Mrs. Young and Mrs. Dawson, daughter of William Todd of Perth. His continued interest in sociology and civics, mentioning Victor Branford and his wife. His own work in education. Hill walking. Mention of Professor Mavor.
Writes from foreign lecture tour of financial difficulties of University of Calcutta. Letter concluded: ‘The present political situation is growing worse every day, and I do not think any one has sufficient interest for science now. I will not appear in public if I can help it. But will do some quiet writing and a few experimental works as the reduced staff will allow’.
Bose, Jagadish Chandra, 1858-1937, physicist, biologist and botanist