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... GEANIES , 1881-1890 IV . OXFORD , 1890-1894 INDEX PAGE 1 26 92 142 260 389 ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF MR . ROMANES GEANIES , ROSS -
... GEANIES , 1881-1890 IV . OXFORD , 1890-1894 INDEX PAGE 1 26 92 142 260 389 ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF MR . ROMANES GEANIES , ROSS -
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George John Romanes, Ethel Duncan Romanes. ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF MR . ROMANES GEANIES , ROSS - SHIRE 94 ST . ALDATE'S Frontispiece To face p . 152 99 270 GEORGE JOHN ROMANES CHAPTER I BOYHOOD - YOUTH - EARLY.
George John Romanes, Ethel Duncan Romanes. ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF MR . ROMANES GEANIES , ROSS - SHIRE 94 ST . ALDATE'S Frontispiece To face p . 152 99 270 GEORGE JOHN ROMANES CHAPTER I BOYHOOD - YOUTH - EARLY.
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... Darwin and the other members of your family . Yours ever sincerely , GEO . J. ROMANES . After Mr. Darwin's Life ' appeared , Mr. Romanes writes : - To Francis Darwin , Esq . Geanies , Ross - 136 1881- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
... Darwin and the other members of your family . Yours ever sincerely , GEO . J. ROMANES . After Mr. Darwin's Life ' appeared , Mr. Romanes writes : - To Francis Darwin , Esq . Geanies , Ross - 136 1881- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
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... . J. ROMANES . Geanies : December 1 , 1887 . I have now nearly finished the ' Life and Letters , ' and cannot express my admiration of your work . What a mercy it is that you were so wonderfully 1887 137 THE LIFE OF MR . DARWIN.
... . J. ROMANES . Geanies : December 1 , 1887 . I have now nearly finished the ' Life and Letters , ' and cannot express my admiration of your work . What a mercy it is that you were so wonderfully 1887 137 THE LIFE OF MR . DARWIN.
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... . I think he has done my book very well . Yours ever sincerely , G. J. ROMANES . Can you suggest a subject for a Rede lecture which I have to give in May ? CHAPTER III LONDON - GEANIES 1881-1890 ONE may now for 1887 141 REDE LECTURE.
... . I think he has done my book very well . Yours ever sincerely , G. J. ROMANES . Can you suggest a subject for a Rede lecture which I have to give in May ? CHAPTER III LONDON - GEANIES 1881-1890 ONE may now for 1887 141 REDE LECTURE.
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