Abstract
MOST of the Fellows of the Royal Society of more than twelve years— standing will retain a lively recollection of Mr. Walter White, whilom Assistant Secretary to the Society, and will look with interest into the present volume. Mr. White entered the service of the Royal Society in 1844, and in 1861 (not, as incorrectly stated in the preface, in 1853, “less than ten years”) was appointed Assistant Secretary, which office he held until 1885. During this long period he had unusual opportunities of watching the inner working of the Society, and thus the development of scientific ideas and activities; and the reader of the diary of so shrewd and observant man as he was, would naturally expect to learn much. We are compelled to say at once that such expectations will not be fulfilled.
The Journals of Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society.
With a preface by his brother, William White. Pp. vii + 285. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1898.)
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The Journals of Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society. Nature 57, 195–196 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/057195a0
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