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The Philosophical Magazine has received a copy of the Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton with Professor Cotes and others: 'I feel a serious responsibility, - in the first place that it should not fail to obtain a suitable Notice in some early number of the journal; - and, next, that the tone and temper of the notice should accord with the views which were maintained in the Philosophical Magazine on the occasion of the publication of the Flamsteed Letters [Francis Baily ed., 'An account of the Rev. John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer-Royal, compiled from his own manuscripts, and other authentic documents, never before published', 1837]. Could WW offer 'advice or assistance on this occasion in obtaining a Notice (whether short or long) worthy of the subject, and, in the main congenial with my own views'. From what RT can judge 'Mr. Edleston's Volume is most valuable and interesting, and deserving of a Notice which should be highly commendatory'.

7 Camdn. St. & T. - He has received 'the Newton' [Edleston ed. Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes]: 'It is that kind of book of which one's opinion is not made up in a month or two'. He 'expected a strong Anti-Leibnitio-Flamsteedian bias'. He is to send Whewell a copy of the Logic and his new mathematical paper. Has Whewell seen the recent article in the Athenaeum [Dec. 21 1850] claiming William Hamilton's quantification of the predicate was first published by George Bentham in A New System of Logic (1827). De Morgan confirms that three of Hamilton's 'great points' are to be found in this work. Hamilton had in fact reviewed the book which 'stands at the head of his celebrated article on logic' in the Edinburgh Review.

St. Cloud, nr Worcester. - Is waiting to hear from the present Rector of Lea and Gate Burton as to what can be traced there [about the previous Rector John Smith and his son Robert]; fears it will only be a repetition of that supplied by Dr [Joseph?] Edleston.

Will be glad to find his suggestion 'as to Dr Thomas Smith of 1710-12' confirmed, but has not found which college 'Clement Smith (alias Nevill) was a member'.