66 Due Macelli [on mourning stationery] - Is disappointed that 'Il Ramo d'Oro' is still not published; when Lauro left Rome on 15 Oct. he entrusted her with the last reading of the proofs; has visited, telephoned, and written the editor [Alberto Stock] to no avail, but in his defense the work of taking over the publishing house in such disorder has been a huge job; after fifty years in the country is still not used to the easy way people promise with no intention of keeping their word; hopes Sir James' investiture ceremony went off well; in the villages about Ariccia a pastry in the form of a man and a woman and several beasts is made, and wonders if these are what is left of the Manii; extensive excavations are taking place near Nemi and an imperial palace has been unearthed, and there is talk of draining the lake to get at the Roman wrecks, the ships of Tiberius; remembers Paul Loyson: 'Dear, dear Paul, bright figure in what seems now a past incarnation'; Lauro is having great success in his lecture-tour and is now in California.
Knight's Croft, Rustington, Worthing - Regrets he does not have the time or vitality to set [Paul Hyacinthe Loyson's poem translated by Frazer, 'For a Scrap of Paper'] to music; asks if he remembers Kitchener and Rhodes on 'that exciting day at Oxford', now 'both gone!'
Neuilly - Has offered to hand over his correspondence with Hyacinthe Loyson to his son Paul, who has thanked him and asked that they be entrusted to l'Abbé.
Is happy to learn of the honour the Sorbonne is giving her husband; believes the production of "L'Apôtre" [by Paul Hyacinthe Loyson] in England in the spring will be successful; has already performed it in Greece, Turkey, and Egypt; on the day of the first performance at the Odéon, Monsieur Brisson said the play was very dangerous for the Republique Française; but says not to worry, they will perform it in England and France and even Paris. Accompanied by the envelope.
143 Boulevard Raspail, Paris VI [on mourning stationery] - Thanks her for the book, the translation of the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by Hyacinthe-Loyson with the preface by Anatole France; has created four panels on Keats and the poem for the Exposition [Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne]; he does not understand what she means about [Émile] Audra, whom he knows only via letters of business, and who is always courteous; he has not been to see Geuthner very recently, taken up as he was with the death of his father-in-law and the Exposition; it is exam time and Janine is a baccalauréat candidate, but without much enthusiasm.
143 Boulevard Raspail, Paris VI [on mourning stationery] - Sends her a copy of 'Les Langues Modernes' in which a lecture by Sir James and two poems appeared in 1935; is glad to have news of de Glehn and Chouville; his wife's father died after a small operation; is working on an exhibit for the Exposition [Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne], on the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn', and asks if she has a copy of the translation by Hyacinthe-Loyson with the preface by Anatole France.
Knight's Croft, Rustington, Worthing. Dated Sept. 13 1916 - Regrets he does not have the time or vitality to set [Paul Hyacinthe Loyson's poem translated by Frazer, 'For a Scrap of Paper'] to music; asks if he remembers Lord Kitchener and Cecil Rhodes on 'that exciting day at Oxford', now 'both gone!'
Woodend. Dated Sunday [April 24, 1921 - Offers sympathy in the death of Lilly's friend [Paul Hyacinthe] Loyson; congratulates them on their 25th wedding anniversary.
No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, E.C. Dated 17 October 1918 - Is glad to hear there is a prospect of Oxford conferring an honorary doctorate on [William] Crooke, praises his work and his independence and judgment; is pleased he likes Loyson's book, a 'fine specimen of the true French spirit'; admires France's part in the war, and calls the Germans cowardly and infamous.
Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire - Things are difficult in wartime: a lecture would be hard to arrange, the lack of motors means it would be hard to attend; suggests M. Loyson go direct to Birmingham; invites them to lunch or tea.
Misses him very much, asks how the Frazers are. Signed by Marie Servan [who writes 'Tout marche bien'], Pauline Loyson, Marthe, and Minet, and [Pirannine?] Brancho, the dog.
16 Avenue Victor-Hugo, Boulogne-sur-Seine - Albert Houtin's death is a loss, there is no one who knows as much about the Roman church; admires his restraint in publishing items about those he disagreed with; describes the funeral, finds [Paul Hyacinthe] Loyson's wife [Laura?] a bore, and admires Loyson for not acknowledging this; continues to lecture to his American students, finds many things impossible to translate into English.
Musée Social, 5, Rue Las-Cases, Paris - Thanks her for her message and fears he cannot meet them [?] before his trip to London [?]; has met Sir James by means of their mutual friend Paul Hyacinthe Loyson.
London. Dated February 28th, 1918 - Thanks him for his testimony in his favour, 'Eulogy is not measured in its value after the man to whom it is addressed, but according to the man who gives it.'
50A, Albemarle Street, London - A letter of introduction for Lady Frazer, who has a proposal for an article on Verhaeren written by M. Loyson.
Thanks him for the 'Rameau d'Or'.
110 Rue du Bac, Paris [on mourning paper] - Gives permission to include three poems by Paul Hyacinthe Loyson in Lady Frazer's 'Fleurs de France'.
Woodend - Offers sympathy in the death of Lilly's friend [Paul Hyacinthe] Loyson; congratulates them on their 25th wedding anniversary.