Newspaper cutting, 'The glacial period as proved by the second rotation of the Earth', by Algernon [Frederick Rous] de Horsey A general description of the axial tilt theories of Alfred Wilks Drayson, written for an unnamed [Isle of Wight?] newspaper. Reproducing a letter from De Horsey to Drayson, 23 April 1894. Major-General Alfred Wilks Drayson (1827–1901) British army officer, spiritualist, and friend of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 1894