Press cuttings relating to the Royal Society: biographical Press cuttings and other printed information concerning the Royal Society's Fellows. Compiled by the organisation's staff. Cuttings include obituary notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, notably Richard Owen (pp.6-9) with memorials (pp.16-18); Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (pp.26-27); John Rae (pp.31-33); Andrew Clark (pp.45-48); John Tyndall (pp.48-50), the latter with 'The Times' account of Louisia Tyndall's inquest testimony on the manner of his death. Other topics include the seventieth birthday of Louis Pasteur (pp.9-10); sea serpents (p.12); Rudolf Virchow in London (pp.22-24). There is extensive coverage of the High Court of Justice hearing of Nobel's Explosives Company Limited vs. Anderson (the Cordite case) (pp.55-61). The book contains some ephemera, including a circular letter on the Rae Memorial at Kirkwall (p.36). There are notices of university intelligence and various honours given to Fellows. Some letters to editors are present. A manuscript index appears at the end of the volume. Generally, the cuttings are attributed to the source newspaper and dated in manuscript. The volume contains many blank pages - most cuttings have been pasted to the recto side only and the original manuscript pagination omits the blank verso pages. A paper label on the cover is inscribed: 'Royal Society Biographical Scrap-Book. Oct. 24, 1892 to May 8, 1894. Indexed.' 24 October 1892-8 May 1894