Letter from Ernest William Hobson, regarding a paper 'The stresses and strains in isotropic elastic solid ellipsoids in equilibrium under bodily forces derivable from a potential of the second degree' by Charles Chree Sees no reason to modifiy the opinions expressed in his report [RR/12/66]. Refers to work of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and Gabriel Lamé. The method could be expressed in the Proceedings without need for excessive calculations. 'It is anything but a pleasure to a referee to have to give a not altogether favourable report'. Subject: Mathematics [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1895] 1 January 1895