WCP2942

Letter (WCP2942.2832)

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BEDALES,

PETERSFIELD,

HANTS.

TELEGRAMS: BEDALES, PETERSFIELD.

STATION: PETERSFIELD (L. & S.W. RY.) 11/2 MILES.

June 8th 09.

Dear Sir,

Very many thanks for your kind letter1 and generous loan of books on Phrenology. I will look through them carefully, and if I should decide as a result of this that I could with advantage take up the study seriously I will gladly avail myself of your kind permission to retain the books until thoroughly read. For reference [2] I had perhaps better name them here

Coombe's [sic] Principles2 — 2 vols, and

Spurzheim's Phrenology3 — 1 vol.

I will take an opportunity of communicating with Mr Webb4 before very long.

I had no idea that Mr Casey5 was an old friend of yours, and I am glad to hear from him that you are specially interested in the educational aims of this school.

With cordial thanks, I am | yours very truly | C. E. Rice6 [signature]

The letter has not been found.
Combe, George. 1879. Education Its Principles and Practice. London: MacMillan and Co.
Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar. 1908. Phrenology: Or the doctrine of the mental phenomena. J. B. Lippincott Company.
Webb, James (-). Author of Phrenological Aspect of Modern Physiological Research (1890). President of the Phrenological Association in 1906.
Comerford-Casey (formerly Casey), George Edwards (1846-1912). Anglican priest, teacher, botanist and author.
Rice, Charles Emmanuel (1866-1949). Headmaster of King Alfred School, Hampstead.

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