Publications
Found in 271 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Jannette May Lucas, 22 February 1918
Lucas enquires on behalf of Henry Fairfield Osborn whether Ewart has a copy of his (Ewart's) paper 'The Development of the Skeleton of the Limbs of the Horse' which appeared in the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, as Osborn has misplaced his. Lucas also requests that Ewart informs Osborn whether more than two parts were ever published.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.B Jessen, 14 April 1910
Jessen asks Ewart to clarify his term 'the Norse horse' in his essay 'The Multiple Origins of Horses and Ponies' by confirming whether it means the Norwegian horse or the Norman horse.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.B Robertson, 26 November 1910
Robertson writes that he is enclosing a reply to Professor Wilson which he has sent to be printed in Nature (reply not present). He does not see why Wilson considers himself superior in questions relating to the pigmentary character of the Equidae, as Robertson has noticed many errors in Wilson's own work in his paper on coat colour now before the Royal Dublin Society.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.E Shaw, 20 April 1899
Shaw congratulates Ewart on the publication of the Penycuik Experiments. He discusses his own interest in the breeding of a pair of Burchell's zebras located at the Zoological Gardens in Bristol, and the markings of their offspring. He offers to send Ewart the skin of an 11 month-old foal for his inspection. He asks for advice on the hybridisation of zebras with ponies and donkeys in their care.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.H Munro Mackenzie, 21 May 1902
Mackenzie writes regarding his letter to the Farming World about pony breeding. He also invites Ewart to visit him on Mull and see his cross-bred ponies.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.H.K Mursenden, 01 March 1912
Mursenden thanks Ewart for the article he sent for publication in The Foxhound. He had urged Colonel Haveley to consider the bay Shales rather than the grey Findon Shales due to the colour, and provides details about the hardiness of the latter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.H.K Mursenden Leather, 26 December 1911
Leather asks whether Ewart would contribute some notes on the heterozygous and homozygous theories relative to the maintenance of type and the elimination of misfits in the pack horse, for publication in The Foxhound.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Auger, 12 December 1903
Auger asks Ewart's advice on preserving native oysters for two weeks after they are opened, and refers to Ewart's book On the Preservation of Fish (1887).
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Burdon Sanderson, [c. 01 April 1904]
Burdon-Sanderson thanks Ewart for sending him a copy of his book (presumably The Penycuik Experiments) and states that he is glad that Ewart has worked to illuminate various issues surrounding the theory of telegony.
The letter is inscribed merely 'Oxford, Good Friday', although another hand has indicated a possible year span of 1904-1906.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, 23 October 1914
Crichton-Stuart thanks Ewart for the book on the Shetland pony and the report on different wools. He believes the intermediate ram with the dark coloured wool is the type to breed to. He will send Ewart the curly ram along with the other Siberian animals.