Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Turner, to Rev Dr Norman MacLeod Ferrers, Fellow of the Royal Society 'Dear Sir, By direction of Lord Rayleigh, I now send you the manuscript of Mr [Alexander] McAuley's paper on "Octonians" to be submitted to the Syndicate of the University Press with a view to the consideration of the question of its publication. I am, yours truly, Robt Harrison Asst. Sec. RS. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 18 May 1896