| Description | /1 Undated manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward [Wilfrid Philip Ward, Essayist and biographer, 1856-1916] to Oliver Lodge, written from Molescroft, Eastbourne. Ward conveys a message to Lodge from [Henry] Sidgwick, who requests that Lodge alone might be able to create a paper to counter one given by [Frederick W. H.] Myers, and the methods of the S. P. R. [Society for Psychical Research], which Sidgwick believes to be flawed.
/2 Undated manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from 10 Lowndes Street, S. W [London]. Ward writes to Lodge to discuss timelines relating to research papers.
/3 Undated manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Lotus, Dorking. Ward apologises for missing Lodge's reply, as he was waiting for his wife, who was attending a party. Ward appears to criticise a paper of Lodge's which discusses the concept of the 'infallible church'.
/4 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to [Frederic William Henry] Myers, written from Molescroft, Eastbourne, 20 June 1896. Ward discusses ideas of moral action, and his current thoughts concerning this. He asks Myers to tell Lodge he has his paper. A short note at the top of the page [written by Myers] tells the recipient who he has sent the letter on to [Lodge] not to return the letter, and that it may be of some interest to him.
/5 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Burghurst, Burwash, Sussex, 25 September 1897. Ward writes that he was pleased to receive Lodge's paper, and hopes to see Lodge at a meeting in January, which Henry Sidgwick is likely to be attending.
/6 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Molescroft, Eastbourne, 22 November 1897. Ward informs Lodge that there has been some financial confusion between Ward, Lodge, and the printer Spottiswoode [Eyre and Spottiswoode], and that Lodge may owe Ward some money.
/7 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from 9 Dover Street, 16 February 1898. Ward discusses a recent debate which he and other members [likely of the Synthetic Society] enjoyed, informing Lodge that a discussion of some of his work would be delayed whilst a follow-up to this debate was held. Ward also informs Lodge that [Alfred Comyn] Lyall is chairman this year [of the Synthetic Society].
/8 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from 9 Dover Street, 19 February 1898. Ward encloses [not enclosed here] some work of [Henry] Sidgwick in the hope of encouraging Lodge to attend a meeting at which Sidgwick will be delivering a paper.
/9 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to [Frederic William Henry] Myers, written from Molescroft, Eastbourne, 16 March 1898. Ward explains that a meeting he was hoping to have with Myers and Lodge cannot now take place, as another society meeting cannot be moved. Myers annotates the letter to send it on to Lodge.
/10 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from St Edmund's College, Old Hall, Ware, 9 April 1898. Ward discusses a paper written by Lodge, and related research of Williams, Sidgwick, and of Wallace and Darwin on natural selection.
/11 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Molescroft, Eastbourne, 2 May 1898. Ward discusses work and personalities of some members of the S. P. R. [Society for Psychical Research], including comments on [Alfred Comyn] Lyall, [Arthur] Balfour, and 'Pollock', who he disapproves of, calling a 'noted bore'.
/12 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Molescroft, Eastbourne, 20 December 1898. Ward discusses subscription payments [presumably for the Society for Psychical Research], organised by George Wyndham's secretary. He also adds that he hopes Lodge will make effort to come to every meeting this year.
/13 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Molescroft, Eastbourne, 3 October 1900. Ward writes to congratulate Lodge on his appointment [as Principal of the University] in Birmingham. He also requests if Lodge can offer a paper for the Synthetic [Society] in response to H. S. [Henry Sidgwick]'s recent proposal.
/14 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Lotus, Dorking, 25 March 1902. Ward informs Lodge that a decision about the future of 'the society' [likely the Society for Psychical Research] has been postponed since many members, including Ward, were absent from the meeting. He requests that Lodge will come to the next meeting on 24 April. The handwriting is very different to Ward's, and the letter appears to possibly have been dictated.
/15 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from 10 Lowndes Street, S. W., 15 March 1905. Ward writes to request that Lodge might join him and some others, including Adeline [Russell], Duchess of Bedford, for lunch on 25 March in London. He describes the Duchess as clever, and being a 'great reader' of Lodge's work in the Hibbert [Journal]. Ward also mentioned that he is fearful that G. [George] Wyndham is 'bad' [likely ill].
/16 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Lotus, Dorking, 11 October 1905. Ward discusses denominations of Christianity and publications in 'the Review'.
/17 Typescript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Lotus, Dorking, 18 April 1906. Ward requests that Lodge attend a meeting to discuss the future of the Synthetic [Society] on 3 May, which will also be attended by [Richard Burdon] Haldane, [George] Wyndham, Bishop [Charles] Gore, Bishop [Edward] Talbot, and [Arthur] Balfour.
/18 Manuscript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, 9 June 1906. Ward writes to Lodge about educational theory, and the best ways to teach a child. He also mentions his [new] position writing [as editor] for the Dublin Review.
/19 Typescript letter from Wilfrid Ward to Oliver Lodge, written from Lotus, Dorking, 30 November 1906. Ward tells Lodge that he has read and enjoyed his article in the 'Hibbert' [Journal]. This is likely 'Union and Breadth. A Plea for Essential Unity amid Formal Difference in a National Church', published October 1906. Ward makes several comments about the paper, asking questions about the importance of words in the ordination service, and the author of 'Tracts' quoted by Lodge. |