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18, Earls Terrace, London, W.8. - Exhausted by rehearsals for "Five Finger Exercise", describes working with John Gielgud, praises Brian Bedford.

20 Merton Street, Oxford.—Praises Greg’s ‘McKerrow’s Prolegomena Reconsidered’.

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20 Merton Street, Oxford {1}
29 June ’41

Dear Greg,

McKerrow’s ‘Prolegomena’ Reconsidered is admirable. The time had come for some one in authority to speak of the abdication of the editorial function and to point out that the reaction against eclectic methods may be carried too far. The editors who ‘seek refuge’ (excellent!) in the rigour of a mechanical rule are no better than printer’s readers,—indeed they only try to do what a printer’s reader can usually do better. It is particularly fortunate that this warning should have been uttered by you. The ‘Prolegomena’ called for it. The trouble about that book to my mind is that it is in the main a summing up of what has been going on for some time, with insufficient recognition of what more has to be done and in what directions advances can be made.

Yours ever
D. Nichol Smith.

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{1} The first line of the printed address has been altered by hand from ‘Merton College' to ‘20 Merton Street’.

On notepaper with monogram, not Simonides'. Date given in both Julian and Gregorian calendars. Hodgkin's address given (in English) as Hayman's Green, West Derby, Liverpool. Re. price of newspapers sent; note (in Hodgkin's hand?) at bottom records payment.

Reports that his nerves have got a little depressed 'not by hard work, but by too continuous a strain'; thinks hard work is healthy 'if one can enjoy leisure', but that 'What is trying is a Care perpetually haunting one, of whatever sort it may be'. Announces that his work will end about 6 June, and hopes that she may be able to come to visit him around that time, 'or else when the interesting events (boat processions, flower shows etc...) take place'. Reports that Cambridge is 'charming' at that time, and hopes that it may continue so. Claims that his rooms 'are those of an anchorite.'

Asks her view on 'the great "Spiritual" case'. States that he is writing for the summing up. Feels that he has been very neglectful of her. Reports that he has not been very well, and fears breaking down before the end of the term. Tells her that the week of the May examinations, from Saturday 6 to Saturday 13 June would be the best for a visit from her. States however that he will be very busy, that 'Cambridge will be frightfully full and it will be difficult to find lodgings.' Confirms that there will be balls on that week, and suggests that she might bring Annie [his cousin]. Reports that Lord Russell is there, and comments that 'he looks a very inferior sort of great man.'

Salford, Manchester - Encloses his paper for a final reading before it is printed. The paper is a combination of the one he read at the BAAS meeting at Cambridge [see EH to WW, 28 Feb. 1835] and later at Dublin on the subject of vertical impacts. If Whewell has no comments to make he would be grateful if he sent the proof sheet to Mr Taylor at Red Lion Court off Fleet Street. Hodgkinson meets 'with great opposition from Dr Dalton [John Dalton] in these matters because I do not use Bernoulli's definition of force (considered as the square of the velocity) and reject the Newtonian as erroneous'. For Dalton to consider force as simply the velocity has introduced numerous errors. What does Whewell think?

Broome Pk., Betchworth, Surrey - Thanks WW for his letter and by anticipation his promised volume.

St Mildred's Court - JWL was going to send WW 'the Liverpool results of Parallax when I found that Mr Dessiou had already done so'. Dessiou also promises to send JWL the declination. They will at once be available to yourself, Poisson and others. The Dutch tides might be discussed if the BAAS would supply funds. JWL considers a year's observations ample for the sun's menstrual inequality. Can WW get the curves of the object glasses belonging to the large telescope at the observatory.

Mattishall - viability of the British and Foreign Review. thanks him for obtaining examples of teaching methods in Birmingham and elsewhere, date of meeting of minor canons at Westminster, annoyed at Henry Johnson for not using the lawyer that he recommended

Albermarle [recte Albemarle] Club, 37 Dover Street, London W. Dated 11th March 1915 - Is glad to hear that he is optimistic about an anthropological expedition to Uganda during the war but doesn't think the Government will support it at present, and discusses other means, and suggests talking to [A. C.] Haddon and [William] Ridgeway; he'd be happy if the Frazer Fund could be used this way, but it cannot.

Clovelly, Metung, Victoria. Dated 2 April, 1906 - Thanks him for 'Lectures on the Early History of the Kingship'; has been busy as Chairman of a Royal Commission in the Coal Industry but will take notice of [Andrew] Lang's 'Search of the Totem', has a reply ready to send off as to the 'pirrauru', the undivided commune, his attack on Frazer and himself, and other matters; [Baldwin] Spencer will join in when he has time; asks Frazer to help distribute 500 copies of his letter to members of Anthropological societies, journals and newspaper; May is in Melbourne with him and they express their thanks for their kindness during their visit to Cambridge; [Lorimer] Fison is slightly better but unable to do any mental work; Spencer is well but Howitt fears he is overworking himself.

54 Bateman Street, Cambridge - Thanks him for the book 'Pausanias and Other Greek Sketches'; asks if he would stand sponsor to his youngest boy [Percival Esmond]; [A. S. F.] Gow is to be the other sponsor; returns a 'Phaedrus' he thinks Edward Bensly returned to him by mistake.

Trinity College - WW is still very clear in his opinion that RJ 'must omit all mention of the hartlitarian doctrines in p.xviii. It is not done that generally speaking the judgement of common men on this subject was clenched by this step, and you must not touch the subject a second time because you must appear to have approached it once only from the absolute majority' ['An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth, and on the Sources of Taxation: Part 1. - Rent', 1831]. WW does not think his 'notion of the gradation of general principles is difficult to develop if it were worth while' and shows RJ how to do it. He then contrasts this process [the work of the inductive philosopher] with the modern economists, who 'on the other hand - jump - to last - from one or two trivial facts to the conclusion that every man will get as much money as he can - an axiom generalisation - and having got hold of this they reason downwards to the doctrine of rent and forty things besides'. The vicinity of Cambridge is presently 'in the hot stage of this fever in the social state which you I hope have got through - we have had two fires - one large one so near as to illuminate our great court'. The Trinity 'youths have armed themselves with sticks and anticipate a row with much glee'.

Holme. - Further to the conversation about 'nocturnal tête-à-têtes between ladies & gentlemen', Marcia [Constable-Maxwell] states that her husband's only conversation with Miss Fullerton was at dinner; he learned from a letter he read that night of her wish to become a Roman Catholic, and therefore the following morning Marcia invited her to Everingham; they are not ashamed of their proselytising, which Catholics see as an admirable proof of faith.

(Sailing on `Guiding Light')

(Madrid)

(Final cruise on `Guiding Light')

Pais, A. 1950, 1974-76

Paneth, F.A. 1939

Parkinson, W.C. 1953

Pauli, W. 1944, 1949

Meeting No.8
Minutes.

Meeting No.9, 29 April 1954.
Agenda, Minutes.

Meeting No.10, 23 July 1954.
Minutes.

Minutes of visit by Thomson to the A.E.I. Research Laboratory, 18 October 1954.

Notes on topics in physics, notes for a talk on crystallographic analysis of molecules, notes titled`Stockholm Dec. 1950' (perhaps at Nobel Prizewinners gathering) and ms. and typescript 'Conclusion' to work on the electron

Invitation to join advisory board (declined).