Publications
Found in 271 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alfred Mathieu Giard, 06 May 1894
Giard, writing from the Sorbonne, replies to Ewart's request for information about French publications on the hybridisation of the horse and zebra.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alfred Russel Wallace, 07 March 1899
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alice Blanche Balfour, 21 March 1898
Balfour writes regarding the possible publication of a German pamphlet by Professor Von Nathusius in the Veterinarian. She now believes she can have it translated by Sir Walter Rothschild at Tring in Hertfordshire. She goes on to discuss the markings of a particular breed of zebra from Zululand, and whether its unusual pattern has any bearing on the history of markings in general.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alice Blanche Balfour, 09 November 1900
Balfour writes that she is enclosing some pages of a pamphlet relating to the hybridisation of plants and the connections with animal cross-breeding (pamphlet not present). She also mentions hearing that 'Romulus (Ewart's first zebra hybrid foal) has been taken away from you under rather trying circumstances.'
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alice Hayes, 04 November 1905
Hayes writes that the translation Ewart has written to her about should not take long to complete, as most of it has been completed by her late husband. She asks if she should send the book for Ewart to complete. Hayes wonders what to do with her husband's favourite horse and asks Ewart to let her know if anyone would like to have it.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alice Hayes, 10 November 1905
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Arnold Lang, 21 April 1914
Lang asks for permission to publish some figures from Ewart's work in his own forthcoming volume on heredity and to borrow some of Ewart's papers, including The Penycuik Experiments. He also asks for advice on where to purchase good photographs of equidae-hybrids.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Arthur J. Balding, April 1906
Balding provides detailed notes on various points arising in Ewart's book The Penycuik Experiments, based on his own experience of animal breeding. The main points he discusses are: delicacy from inbreeding, science in breeding and reversion and infection in telegony. He also provides some information concerning the provenance of the term 'quagga' and observations on white colouration in breeding.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Arthur Samuel, 31 January 1902
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from B. Worthington, 07 October 1929
Worthington asks where he can procure a copy of Ewart's book The Penycuik Experiments.