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Breadalbane Hotel, Kenmore, Perthshire - Thanks him for the new edition of [H. H.] Risley's 'People of India', notes that he has not seen it as he has been in Scotland since May; is looking forward to [R. V.] Russell's book, 'The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India'; knows Crooke must be concerned about his sons at the front.

Ben Wyvis Hotel, Strathpeffer Spa. Dated 12 July 1915 - Describes their long holiday, in Cirencester, Edinburgh, Kenmore, and Strathpeffer; mentions that the Cambridge University Press has published a school edition of his wife's book 'La Maison aux Panonceaux'; mentions [James Hope] Moulton's loss [his wife Eliza's death] and Moulton's plan to spend a year with the Parsees in India; Macmillan is publishing a book by [Robert] Russell, ['The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India'] which will be valuable; wonders if he has seen [W. H. R.] Rivers' work 'The History of Melanesian Society' he has not read it yet; has improved his Hebrew on holiday.