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Please tell me where it appeared, and I will look it up. 



Will you at the same time kindly inform me whether 

 Sir R. Ball's Cause of the Ice Age is the first volume 

 which has been published of the Modern Science series. 

 I have always been convinced that Croll was in the 

 main right, though I felt the great difficulty which Ball 

 has now proved to be a " Bogie." Still I am not satisfied 

 that the mystery of Geological Climate is wholly solved — 

 though we are now freed from our main difficulty. But 

 we have to explain the eocene climate as well as that 

 of the glacial epoch, and I am not sure whether his 

 " geniality " is equal to that. — Very truly yours, 



T. G. BONNEY. 



Inveraray, Jan. 29/93. 



My dear Sir John — Many thanks for kindly sending 

 to me a copy of your book on The Beauties of Nature — 

 just the sort of book I like best. 



In cutting it just now I noticed that you accept the 

 theory of the " Ice Sheet " covering up the whole of our 

 Scotch Hills — as completely as the slopes of Greenland 

 are now covered. 



I am myself persuaded that this Ice Sheet is as pure 

 a myth as ever arose out of Scientific theories. 



But this is a long story, there were glaciers — at all 

 events coming down all the glens — no evidence that I 

 can see of anything more. — Yours very truly, 



Argyll. 



The following note from the spokesman of the 

 " staff " of the County Council bears witness to 

 Sir John's thoughtful kindness for all associated 

 with him. 



I have had the pleasure of communicating to the 

 members of the staff in all the departments your kind 

 letter of farewell. They are much gratified at the 

 appreciative terms in which you speak of them and 

 their work, and are very sorry that the expiration of 

 your term of office has deprived them of a head, who in 

 dealing with them always displayed unfailing kindness 

 and courtesy. " And this is the verdict of us all." 



On February 27 he gave the dinner, of which 

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