| Description | Cuttings primarily on Galton's talks and lectures, but also articles on his published work. Comprises:
Articles on Galton's explorations in Africa, particularly South Africa.
Reports of Galton's lectures on "Heredity and Nature" at the Anthropological Institute in South Kensington.
Galton's article on the British Association memorandum on "Marks for Physical Efficiency" and competitive examinations for civil service candidates.
Report of Galton's talk on "Demography" at the Congress of Hygiene, 1891.
Article on enlarged photographs of finger prints.
Report of Galton's Royal Society lecture "Photographic Records of Pedigree Stock".
Report of the Royal Institution lecture "The Just-perceptible difference".
The Second Huxley lecture at the Anthropological Institute on "The Possible Improvement of the Human Breed under the Existing Conditions of Law and Sentiment".
Letters in Nature responding to Galton's article on the relative merits of mean and median calculations from batches of data, with specific reference to the weight and value of livestock. |