Minakata Kumagusu contributed altogether fifty papers to Nature magazine published in London. Many of them are related to other papers published in the magazine, and they often promote and develop discussions. Four typical topics concerning such essays of Kumagusu are thus analysed in this paper; the Constellations of the Far East written in 1893 as Kumagusu's first contribution to Nature, works concerning folklore of bees and wasps written during 1894-1898 inspired by the work of Russian entomologist Osten Sacken, works on finger print method which were initiated by criticism to a paper of a British colonial officer who claimed himself as the inventor of finger-print method, and correspondence with Arthur Morrison concerning Kumagusu's English writings. First hand materials, articles mainly in Nature, and correspondence related to his papers found in Minakata's residence, are also presented.