Hope of W. J. C. Macaulay
Geneva, Switzerland. - Is here for the League of Nations Assembly, 'a very amusing entertainment'; is reporting for the Daily Chronicle and has a 'good press gallery seat... & a good view of the Delegates'. Likes 'the South American States, who are numerous and excitable'; mentions a recent 'fierce turn-up' between Chile and Bolivia. The 'Great Powers are calmer, but equally determined not to be done down. France is very jealous of Britain, of course, and is very noisy during the English translations of the speeches, to drown them if possible'. Nansen is here and a 'very popular figure. Also Balfour and [?] R. Cecil'.
Not certain which poems are by Rose. Poems begin as follows:
5/40-41: 'One day a lovely vision kept...'
'Oh who so ever thou art...'
5/42: 'Delicate thou art as may...'
'Oh Sir, I was wrath [sic] indeed...'
'Maiden, oh sweet maiden fair'
'I am not wroth my unknown freind [sic]'
5/43: 'Oh, whose is the face I see...'
5/44: 'Here the days are dark & drear...'
5/45: 'You do not all displease me, sir...'
5/46: 'Your face is still and calm...'
5/47: 'I am going far, far away...'
5/48: 'My love/Thou'rt more more lovely than a flower...'
5/49: 'Sir your picture of me's wrong...'
5/50: 'Oh my lovely cynesure [sic]'
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.