Yelverton, Emily M, fl1860 (widow of Edward Forbes)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes', 1854-1861
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes' sub-series consists of:
pen and ink sketches by Edward Forbes (c1854)
letters from and to contributors and collaborators (1854-1861)
letters to and from the publisher Alexander MacMillan (1860-1861)
letters to and from the printer Thomas Constable (1860-1861)
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Dates:
1854-1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 25 February 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/29
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan with comment on the first 4 chapters of his Memoirs of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) and advice for future chapters. He suggests printing the book in Edinburgh. He comments that he does not expect any further opposition to the book fom Emily M Yelverton and has had further endorsements for the book from Thomas Henry Huxley and Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen.
Dates:
25 February 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 15 October 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/34
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan forwarding some material from Joseph Beete Jukes with permission to use it [in 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes']. Alexander MacMillan agrees to the use of a portrait of [Edward Forbes] taken by Antoine Francois Jean Claudet as soon as he has heard from Emily M Yelverton.
Dates:
15 October 1860