TEIBUTES TO HIS FATHER 473 



August 10, 1910. 



My dear Oliver, — I have just been informed by a note 

 from Mr. Gepp of the horrible danger you have encountered 

 and the narrowness of your escape. It is enough to make an 

 old friend's blood freeze. I and Lady Hooker offer to Mrs. 

 Oliver and your family our heartfelt thanks for your provi- 

 dential preservation. 



Ever affectionately yours, 



Jos. D. Hooker. 



Two letters to Sir Edward Fry, and two to Professor Judd, 1 

 display his earliest loves and interests maintained to the last. 

 Sir Edward Fry, a botanist in his leisure moments, was writing 

 on the Liverworts, and wished to illustrate his book with 

 plates drawn by Sir William Hooker. 



To Sir E. Fry 



July 29, 1910. 

 My dear Sir Edward, — Nothing would have more 

 pleased my father, or does me, than your intention of 

 utilizing the plates of the * British Jungermanniae.' 



The work was a labour of love to its author, and I am 

 very proud of him, and so with the Musci Exotici. 



The plates of both works are etchings, nothing can exceed 

 their truth and beauty. 



Most truly yours, 



Jos. D. Hooker. 



The Beacon, Sidmouth : January 30, 1911. 



My dear Sir Edward, — I cannot express to you the 

 profit and pleasure that the perusal of your kind gift of * The 

 Liverworts ' has given to me. Absorbed as I have been for 

 so many years in the study of Phanerogams, I have really lost 

 all count of my ignorance of the higher Cryptogams and am 



1 John Wesley Judd (1840-1916), C.B. 1895; LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 He was educated at Camberwell and the Royal School of Mines. He was on 

 the Geological Survey of England and Wales 1867-70 ; Inspector of Schools 

 1871 ; President of the Geological Society 1887-8 ; Professor of Geology 

 1876-1905 ; Dean of Royal CoUege of Science 1895-1905, and Emeritus Pro- 

 fessor of Geology in the Imperial College of Science and Technology 1913. 

 He contributed many scientific memoirs to the Transactions of the Royal and 

 other societies, and published various scientific books, on geology, &c, including 

 Volcanoes, 1878 ; The Student's Lyell, 1896 and 1911 ; The Coming of Evolution, 

 1910. 



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