| Description | Correspondence with Arthur Keith [1866-1955, museum curator and palaeoanthropologist].
/1 Letter from Arthur Keith to Oliver Lodge, written from Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, dated 10 December 1925. Keith writes that Lodge's letter will help the managers of the Royal Institution come to a just decision.
/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to Arthur Keith, dated 17 September 1927. Lodge discusses the public reaction to an unspecified matter involving a Bishop. He writes that human senses are similar to those of animals but their mental inferences and view of the universe are far advanced.
/3 Letter from Arthur Keith to Oliver Lodge, written from Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, dated 15 March 1928. Keith followed happenings at Stoke last week with interest and admiration.
/4 Letter from Arthur Keith to Oliver Lodge, written from Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, dated 9 January 1930. Keith and his wife are going to Egypt for three months: 'my council here thinks I need a change'.
/5 Letter from Arthur Keith to Oliver Lodge, written from Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, dated 3 October 1930. Keith writes that the book has revealed Haeckel's inner nature and thrown light on his scientific ideals, but 'the real revelation was that of a very fine woman'. [Possibly refering to publication of 'The love letters of Ernst Haeckel: Written between 1898 and 1903']. |