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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes detailing his current duties as an explanation for not providing information for the biography of Edward Forbes earlier. He asks for details of which periods are missing from the research so that letters from this period can be forwarded. He discusses the Yelverton bigamy trial.

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily commenting on 4 letters and 3 sketches by Edward Forbes (not attached) and reporting on his health.

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily thanking him for a postal order. He reports that he is about to visit the Jarrow colliery to try and find some more sauro-batrachian remains.

Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily telling Geikie that he believes that, in the new edition of an unnamed book, the lists of genera in the section "Life of the Period" should not be included as to make these up to date would require too much editorial work. He reports that he will correct some other portions, at the expense of his own book, but wonders whether Robert Etheridge would have been more suitable for the job. He congratulates Geikie on his forthcoming...

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily thanking him for forwarding notices for his book. Baily suggests that the completion of the "Palaeozoic" volume would be a good opportunity to ask the University to subscribe, as formerly discussed.