Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Victor Alexander Horsley, [Fellow of the Royal Society] 'Dear Prof Horsley, Here are 12 abstracts, but the Officers wish you to distinctly understand that they are not [underlined] at the stage to be sent to the press, & that they are to be sent only to private friends with a view to their attending the meeting & aidg [aiding] the discussion. Yours truly Herbert Rix Asst Sec RS [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 21 February 1891