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Trinity College, Cambridge - Thanks Bentwich for the biography of Solomon Schechter, whom he remembers for his wit and wisdom; asks for news of his daughter Ruth.

4 Cwmdonkin Terrace, Uplands, Swansea - Has heard via Norman Bentwich that Frazer was asking for news of her; believes her father Solomon Schechter should never have left Cambridge as he had friends who valued him there; summarises her life in South Africa, left her first husband, remarried and is living in Wales, and if acceptable would like to see the Frazers in July.

2 Rock Road, Cambridge. Dated 8 and 12 May, 1898 - In the letter of 8 May, he is unable to look at the books he wished to consult; Ruthy and Amy have the chicken pox; gives a reference to the Purim Doll, and the Purim fire jumping tradition. In the letter of 12 May, [Abraham] Kuenen's 'Historisch-Kritische Einleitung in die Buc̈her des alten Testaments' contains references to the Purim question.