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8 Grosvenor Crescent, S. W. [London] :- Thanks his parents for their last letter; they are in town again, as Bessie needs to go to rehearsals for her last concert [with Arnold Dolmetsch] on Wednesday. The concerts have 'gone of very well so far', though Robert was unable to attend the last one since it was on the 'evening of the [Apostles?] dinner'. Henry Jackson made a 'very nice speech', as did 'Judge Lushington, who was the oldest of those present'.

They lunched at North Street last week and thought Charles and Molly looked 'very happy, and their house very nice'. They went to Harrow last Saturday to see the [F. E.?] Marshalls and had a 'very pleasant time there'; they went to the 'Speech room' in the evening 'to hear the final reading for the reading prize' which was 'very amusing', though they 'did not think the standard very high'. 'Young [James?] Butler, who must be about 15 or 16, was promising' though did not yet have 'sufficient command of his voice'; he is said to be 'quite a good scholar, and looks a nice boy'. The winner read Joy for his chosen piece. The Lower School had to read the 'description of William at the Boyne [from Macaulay]; but they did not make much of it'. Also saw Sir Arthur Hort, who is 'mainly responsible for [the] first fifteen boys'; believes he is 'doing very well', and there have certainly been more scholarships awarded to Harrow boys over the last few years. Very sad they have 'thought it necessary to dry up the Grove pond'; supposes it was a 'great nuisance and expense'.

They hope to see Sir George before long, and also that Caroline will come to Dorking around the end of the month.

Upway Corner, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks. -- Thanks him for his kind letter, is proud of Trinity, "what a lot you and I owe to our dear G. M. 'T.'"

Typescript letter, signed. Prompted by a footnote in Butler's memoir, he shares a story about William Whewell told him by Canon R. P. Pelly, about being put in his place as an undergraduate when he attempted to make small talk while taking refuge from a shower under the same tree as the Master.

Trinity College, Cambridge - Is sorry to hear about Sir James' health, is enclosing a subscription for the bibliography.

Will send on some letters to Julian as soon as he has an address. Julian will see he has got a 2.2 in his 'Mays' [examinations]; not bad, especially since [J.R.M.] Butler says he only just missed a 2:1. Bessie has gone on a week's trip to Guernsey and Jersey with Radcliffe, who is inspecting schools there. Hopes Julian did not have too rough a crossing, and is enjoying his time abroad. One of the letters is addressed to Julian Tryon; Julian should send it back to Trinity if it is not for him. Wonders if he found the 'Welcombe picture at Brusselles [by Gossaert, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels]. Sends his regards in a postscript to [Robin] Darwin.

Nine letters from Henry Montagu Butler and three from Agnata Butler; one sent from Harrow, the others from the Lodge at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Mention in letter of 20 Dec. 1915 of their sons 'Jim and Gordon... now in "dug-outs"... within 150 yards of the Turkish trenches, exposed to incessant sniping and shrapnel. Their letters... are not only loving and vivid but always, especially perhaps Gordon's full of "laughter"...'

Agnata's third letter talks of the death of her husband.

J R M Butler is about to go in for The Craven Scholarship, Gordon and Nevile Butler are happy at Harrow, Lord Morley's Indian enterprise

Contains: verse epigraph, "You who can hear the victims crying...", by 'J. R. B' [J. R. M. Butler?]; the story of the play, by J. T. S[heppard]; photograph of 'The Provost of King's' [Sheppard]; photograph of P. A. S. Hadley; brief essay, "The Antigone of Sophocles"; dramatis personae; note on "The Performance at Athens in 1937", by G. M. Young; list of orchestra members; photograph of Geoffrey Wright; photograph of Camille Prior; production team; Greek Play Committee; list of Greek Plays performed at Cambridge still in print; material relating to Cambridge Arts Theatre,

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Thanks Robert for his 'jolly letter'; will re-read [Trollope's] "Framleigh Parsonage" [sic: "Framley..."] again soon, perhaps aloud to Caroline. They are currently alternating between "The Wreckers" [R. L. Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne's "The Wrecker"?] and the "[Roman] Journal" of Gregorovius. Is himself reading Anatole France's "L'Orme du Mail", some of which he thinks as good as Balzac, just as aspects of "La Reine Pédauque" are 'like the best Voltaire'. In a postscript, says that he too voted for Jim Butler [for the Cambridge University constituency] but 'in such a General Election as this an "Independent" has no chance'.

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Thanks Robert for his account of the 'lifelike, and significant, account of the Kingsway meeting'; this general election is 'the most novel, and perhaps the most pregnant and important election that ever took place in any Parliamentarily governed country'; it was brought about in a 'most singular' manner, and believes that everything turns on Lloyd George being 'curiously suited' to the task of ending the war, but 'absolutely unsuited - morally, intellectually, and by training' to 'even beginning to set the world, and the nation, to rights'. Very glad to be out of politics. Will vote for Jim Butler at Cambridge, as there is 'no contest' here, and four candidates at Wansbeck; best thing he can do is 'not offer any advice in the matter'.

Trinity College Cambridge - covering letter only, returning letters from Sir James George Frazer to his father Henry Montagu Butler. [Letters are FRAZ/1/4-21 in the collection.]

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Very pleased about Julian [that the operation on an umbilical hernia has gone well]. They had a very pleasant visit from Geoffrey [Young] who told them all about Robert and Charles; most interesting meeting him 'after his experiences of the last 18 months' [with the Friends' ambulance unit]. The Master [of Trinity, Henry Montagu Butler] has let them see 'two most bright and ideal letters from [his sons] Gordon and Jim about the evacuation of Gallipoli and their voyages'; compares them to 'young Athenian hoplites at Potidaea in the great days of Athens'; 'But nothing is too rare and good to be spent in the service of the country'.

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Robert and Elizabeth's letters give a good account of their local politics; [Oscar William] Bowen at Stratford is very different to 'our [Edward Ernest] Bowen'; will tell Robert about him in person; he is calling on them soon. Very interesting about the "Wasps" [the Cambridge Greek Play?]; thinks the parabases of Aristophanes should be as intelligible as 'Grossmith's hatter'. Interested by what Robert says about Jim Butler. Encloses a letter from Withers, whose bill he will pay when the business [arising from Florence Trevelyan's will] is completely settled. Heavy rain, so their walks are 'mere constitutionals'; the country will take 'a pretty big constitutional' [the General Election] next month, and they will help it all they can.

Trinity College, Cambridge. - 'I have read your sketch on Housman...'

Trin. Coll. Cambridge - Thanks him for his letter and offer of a post; is glad that he is a territorial, wants to see something like universal service.

Trinity Lodge, Cambridge Dated August 5, 1916 - Thanks him for his letter of condolence on the death of his son [Gordon]; describes 'bright letters' written in the two weeks before, and his collapse due to blood poisoning; Jim [James R. M. Butler] was with him is coming home on leave; hopes all is well with Frazer's young soldier kinsman.

The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, S.W. - Hopes that he has received a copy of his first lecture [A lecture on the study of history, delivered at Cambridge, June 11, 1895], and thanks him for his encouragment.

Kings Coll. Camb. - Did not see how many votes Bertie [Russell] got [in the General Election of 15 Nov, where he stood for Labour in Chelsea] but he supposes not many; relates an anecdote told to him by Moorsom, who was at the announcement of the results. Phil Price [M. Philips Price?] did not get in, but he finds it amusing a communist got such support in an English county. Is consoled by the fact that the leading members of the UDC [Union of Democratic Control] have been returned, as has Jem Butler. The political opinions of his college bedmaker, who votes Tory. Brief discussion of [Woolf's] "Jacob's Room". Moorsome [sic] is attending psychology lectures.

West House, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester - Thanks for his good wishes on Jackson's 90th birthday.

Typed copy. Reserve Trenches. Now in the reserve trenches, close to J R M Butler, took a 13 mile walk to see Georgy Hughes.

West House, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester - Offers the A. A. Vansittart Commonplace book (now Add. MS a.190/7).

Trinity College, Cambridge - Thanks him for the copy of 'Greece and Rome'; is just back from visiting his brother at the British Legation in Persia.