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Kilmorie

Colinton Road

Edinburgh

1 Nov 1900

My dear Sir

Last night I received your "Studies. Scientific & social" — for which pray accept my cordial thanks. With some of the "Studies" I was already familiar, but I am delighted to have them in this accessible form. I look forward with pleasure to re—reading these, and to studying the others which I have not seen before.

I see Prof. Davis of Harvard² has adopted your views³ as to the outline of the lakes & their [3 words illeg.] being evidence of their Classical origins. He used [2] to upbraid⁴ me for my extreme views⁵ of ill—?, he now thinks I lag behind!⁶ But the same post which brought me his interesting paper brought me one also from Prof. Saloman [?] of Heidelberg who numbers me among the condemned "extreme [1 word illeg.]"⁷. His paper seems to me an example of what we call here "cauld kail [sic] not again" — his arguments having been met again & again.

I read again your essays IV.V. & VI and do not think you could add to them or improve them in any way.⁸ Those whom they cannot convince will never be convinced.⁹ Thanking you heartily

Believe me | Yours truly | James Geikie [signature]¹⁰