PAGET, Sir James, 1st Baronet (1814-1899). Surgeon.
Four Autograph Letters Signed to Walter R[aleigh] Browne, in all 6 pages 8vo, 1 Harewood Place, Hanover Square, 21 February 1881 to 9 December 1882. Discussing a paper he had published which was 'in accordance with the opinion generally expressed when I had the pleasure of meeting you at Lambeth Palace, but declining to condone widespread dissemination of it or to write more.
Walter Raleigh Browne (1842-1884) was a civil engineer and founder of the Society for Psychical Research. He often lectured on evidences of Christianity and organized a private conference with the Archbishop of Canterbury with the aim of encouraging men of science to reaffirm their religious beliefs and to publish a series of articles in the Contemporary Review on the state of the various sciences.

'... I feel that while I am practising my profession & making money by it I am bound not to do anything which may bring my name prominently before the public ... .'
 'I thank you for sending em Professor Asa Gray's note. There are few men whose approval I should more prize. If I had chanced to read his address before I promised to give one I should not have printed mine. ...'
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