Letter from William Huggins, 90 Upper Tulse Hill, S W [South West] London, to the Secretary [Joseph Larmor] Huggins encloses a formal request for the Council's permission to use the blocks that he requires for the printing of his book. If so, his printers will collect them from [Robert William Frederick] Harrison and return them afterwards. He feels that the astronomical candidates are all weak, and states 'Some have yet to learn that persistency in candidature is to be taken as a makeweight for a weak record!!' which he states in the case of [Edward Walter] Maunder. He argues that [Alfred] Fowler has done the best work, but agrees with considering [William McFadden] Orr and [Frederick] Soddy, as 'taking Fowler as a whole, I do not think he comes up to what one would wish to see in a Fellow'. He also feels that [William James Stewart] Lockyer 'cannot be regarded seriously'. Other names he views as weak candidates are [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly, [Louis Napoleon George] Filon, and Soddy. [George Gerald] Stoney is considered as a possibility. 17 February 1909