Letter from Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Old Cottage, Shackleford Thinks Davies should contact Blakiston to produce something [on Sir James Williamson] for the October ['Notes and Records']. Lyons thinks taking on public men and statesmen as Presidents has rarely been a success. Encloses draft of items for the April, May number [not attached]. As his article [on the history of the Royal Society] progresses he developes the conviction that the influence of the President has often been overestimated and not enough credit has been given to the Secretaries. 9 January 1940