Book Proposals
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of letter to Alexander MacMillan from George Wilson and copy of letter to a cousin of George Wilson's from George Wilson, 16 September 1858, 03 December 1854
Copy of letter to Alexander MacMillan from George Wilson outlining the chapter headings for his 'Memoir of Edward Forbes' and copy of letter to a cousin of George Wilson's from George Wilson concerning the fate of Edward Forbes' soul.
Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes', 1854-1861
Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie, 05 June 1861
Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie apologising for any distress caused by the publication of sensitive material from his private letters in 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' and explaining why he was not given the opportunity to view the proofs before the book went to press.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 10 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan asking for confirmation that he has received copies of Edward Forbes introductory lectures at King's College from John Van Voorst and urging him to liaise with Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and Joseph Beete Jukes concerning which of Edward Forbes' own drawing to include in his biography.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 17 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan concerning a delay with the printer Thomas Constable. He also tells him that he is trying to trace James Scott Bowerbank via Thomas Henry Huxley and that he encloses a letter to be forwarded from Charles Kingsley to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 27 May 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay. (continuation of Coll-74/11/3/49) reporting that he has written a title page and introduction [to his memoir of Edinburgh], and sent it to press.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 03 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay complaining that the proofs of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' obviously arrived too late for him to make any meaningful comment and that the sensitive information about the School of Mines contained in personal letters, which he had lent to George Wilson, had been published without his input or consent.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 10 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay reiterating that sensitive material from his private letters should not have been published in 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' before he had had the opportunity to correct the proofs.