| Description | Correspondence with A. C. Bradley [Andrew Cecil Bradley, 1851-1935, literary scholar].
/1 Letter from A. C. Bradley to Oliver Lodge, written from 54 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, dated 19 September 1915. Bradley sends sympathy on the death of Lodge's son Raymond.
/2 Letter from A. C. Bradley to Oliver Lodge, written from 6 Holland Park Road, dated 13 November [19--]. Bradley acknowledges receipt of Lodge's book with thanks. He is sending a copy of his book to Lodge.
/3 Letter from A. C. Bradley to Oliver Lodge, written from 54 Scarsdale Villas, undated [1924]. Bradley praises the lecture by P. P. [Pringle-Pattison] and recommends Hegel's Philosophy of History lectures. He plans to see St Joan [play by George Bernard Shaw] and asks if Lodge has read the biography by A. ?Langi.
/4 Letter from A. C. Bradley to Oliver Lodge, written from 54 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, dated 23 September [1915]. Bradley writes about his increasing sadness and apprehension about the war.
/5 Letter from A. C. Bradley to Oliver Lodge, written from 54 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, dated 3 May [1923]. Bradley sends the diary of a trip made with Lodge some years ago, and writes about aging.
/6 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge, dated 30 April 1923. Lodge praises Pringle-Pattison's Gifford Lectures. He reminisces about a European trip made with Bradley some years ago; he is afraid he did not behave very well. He is working on the structure of the atom but feels left behind by younger physicists. He is not sure he should have taken the job at Birmingham where his research was 'hampered' by administrative duties. He fears his 'Psychical heresy' may stand in the way of his having the opportunity to give Gifford Lectures. He writes about his home life and recent activities including going to Paris, Sheffield and Cambridge. He shares news of old friends and hopes to see Bradley again.
7/ Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to A. C. Bradley, dated 28 March 1924. Lodge praises Pringle-Pattison's 'Philosophy of History' and writes about his belief in 'an Eternal Guiding Purpose in human life'. |