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As from 20 Hinde House, Hinde Street, W.1. - Hopes he does not mind the address 'dear Bob': they have 'a distant cousinship' but it is one she values. Thanks him for sending his "Dream"; his 'Lucifer is a nobler fellow than Milton's', though she feels his Christ is 'too mild a man'; asks who the 'old wizard' is, she supposes Merlin. Would have liked to read more. Read it in bed as she is 'laid up at present'; was in King's College Hospital for a short time, as her doctor is Mrs Hennant [?] who is now on the staff there; knows she and her sister are friends of Bob's. Likes her 'so much'; they spoke about Bob. Is very grateful for the books Bob gave her in the summer. Best Christmas wishes to him and his family.

In Jean Macaulay's hand.

In Jean Macaulay's hand.

The Shiffolds. - Thanks her 'so much' for her 'kind letter. It is terrible to think I am forty nine, and shall be fifty in a year's time'. Is glad to hear that his parents are 'settled comfortably at Wallington'. The heat has also been 'trying' here, but it has been cooler today; they had a rain shower on Saturday, but 'not enough'.

[Goldsworthy Lowes] Dickinson is coming to stay tomorrow for a week or two, and they hope Clifford Allen will come later; he visited on Sunday and 'seems a good deal stronger, though not really well yet'. Bessie is going to see Julian [at school] on Friday. Robert will write to his father soon.

Yes, Rose Macaulay is 'the daughter of the Cambridge Macaulay who died a few years ago [George Campbell Macaulay]'; has not read her books, but 'people say they are quite clever. She reviews a great deal, quite cleverly, in various papers'. Sends love to his father and Booa [Mary Prestwich].

British Broadcasting Corporation, Broadcasting House, London, W.1. - Was 'delighted' to get Trevelyan's wire agreeing to write a script on Catullus; will inform John Sparrow this afternoon and knows he will also be pleased. Sparrow will give the first, introductory, talk on 16 August; Rex Warner will deliver a talk on 17 August, which Trevelyan's will follow at 6.25 pm on 27 August. Other programmes in the series will be on Virgil, Horace, and Late and Medieval Latin; Hassall is asking Rose Macaulay to give a final summary talk. Trevelyan's talk to set out Catullus's place in Latin poetry, the character of his work, and contrast with other 'great Latin poets', and 'assess his value to modern times'; it should contain quotations in English; Trevelyan could read these, or inform Hassall if he would like one or two readers and of which sex. Hassall will produce the programme, rehearsals will take place about two and a half hours before transmission, and Trevelyan should send the script at least a fortnight beforehand. Must take care over copyright translations. Will arrange for an official contract to be sent.

Hassall signs his name 'for Patric Dickinson, Drama Department'.

Locks of hair belonging to Grace Mary Macaulay, George Campbell Macaulay, and their children Jean, William, Rose, Margaret and Aulay affixed to ff. 9v and 10, each stuck down by strip of paper bearing their initials. Dated 23 Jul. 1886.

Locks of hair of the children of Grace Mary and George Campbell Macaulay attached to f. 121r; their names and ages written beside each lock. Margaret Macaulay's hair has become detached from the page and is in a glassine packet.

Blank printed order forms for "The Death of Man". Press cuttings, most sent to Trevelyan by Durrant's Press Cuttings agency, from: the "Westminster Gazette" [also reviewing "Three Days" by Rose Macaulay]; "Athenaeum"; "Nation" [also reviewing John Still's "Poems in Captivity" and Macaulay's "Three Days"]; "Challenge", reviewing both Trevelyan's "Ajax of Sophocles" translation and "The Death of Man", as well as several works by other writers]; "Expository Times", printing Trevelyan's poem "Clouds" in full; and the "Spectator" [also reviewing the works of several other poets]. Also a review by Rose Macaulay from an unknown newspaper of "Some Recent Verse", including "The Death of Man", and another unidentified review of this plus the "Ajax" by 'B. S.'

20 Hinde House, Hinde Street, Manchester Square, W.1. - Very kind of Bob to send her "Windfalls"; hopes he can 'spare it', since Logan [Pearsall Smith] told her 'it can't be got' but that he had let Bob know she would like it. Enjoys the [essay] "Pleasures", and lists some she would add herself, such as 'the croaking of frogs in the hills.. 'the hot smell of hedge & ditch flowers in the sun... bicycling (with one's feet up) down a long hill'. Would also include 'walking abt London in an air-raid with fine sky effects and tremendous noises' under Bob's 'Fearful Pleasures' heading, as '[t]his is exhilarating'. The book is the kind she likes. Hopes Bob has now recovered from 'crossing the road amid traffic... too fearful a pleasure'. Hears of him occasionally from the Lynds. Is reading George's "[English] Social History", and finding it 'absorbing'; wishes he would publish the 'pre-Chaucer part soon'.