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Trinity College, Cambridge - The grant the College was giving Frazer for secretarial help has expired but they are making a further grant of £100 to support the 'Anthologia Archaeologica' [Anthropologica]; the Fellowship dividend is also being paid.

The University Press, Cambridge. - His brother [George], the Master of Trinity, has advised him to write directly to Kingsford about his translation of Lucretius, published by the Press eleven years ago. When he wrote to the Press recently to ask for a copy, he was told it was only available in 'unbound sheets'; wonders if a few copies could be bound up occasionally; thinks it was selling well not long ago.

Trinity College, Cambridge - The Senior Bursar explains he is paying £100 into Sir James' account, and is also paying a half-year's stipend as Wyse Memorial Lecturer; the Council had relieved Sir James of the obligation to deliver a further course of lectures, but as Sir James has insisted on going ahead, Nicholas will pay the balance when the lectures have been delivered; the College Council were much impressed (but not surprised) by his determination to continue.

Refers to the meeting held on 26 November 1900 in Trinity College. at which it was decided: to establish a memorial to Henry Sidgwick in Cambridge; to appoint a committee to raise a fund for this purpose; and that this committee shall decide in what manner the income of the fund is to be spent. Refers also to a meeting of the General Committee in the college on 24 January 1901, at which it was agreed that the money was to be spent on the establishment of a lectureship in moral science to be called the Sidgwick Lectureship. Lists the members of the General Committee, as well as the first subscribers to the memorial, along with the amounts subscribed.

59 menus, many of them accompanied by seating charts; with 3 seating charts unaccompanied by menus, and a letter regarding the feast and invitation nights in the academical year 1978-79 [Item 1/23].

Menus for the regular feasts and dinners of the Trinity calendar, as well as the farewell dinner for Lord Butler 17 June 1978 [Item 1/20], and the Installation of the next Master, Sir Alan Hodgkin on 5 Oct. 1978 [Item 1/24], and his farewell dinner 24 June 1984 [Item 7/1] . Includes a menu of the luncheon to mark the opening of the Cambridge Consultants Building at the Cambridge Science Park by The Prince of Wales, 1 Aug. 1979 [Item 1/33], and a menu for the Annual Gathering Dinner for 1968-1969 in Sept. 1981, with an accompanying booklet listing the names of Fellows and Members of College present [Item 1/50].

With monogram HPC and motto 'Mens sana in corpore sano'. - Thanks Bob for his letter about the rooms [at Trinity, Cambridge]; intends to choose Whewell's Court. Hopes to see Bob soon; he need not be alarmed about the Grove, as a 'perfectly effectual reconciliation' has taken place; will tell the details of the story when they meet. Bowen is 'keeping on young Sandilands and [?] Becham for another year; George now feels 'quite comfortable about the house next term'. Bowen is being very kind to him, and helping him get his poem 'ready for the prolusiones-press'; the essay is to be printed almost exactly as sent in. Has got the "Seven Lamps [of Architecture]" and "Modern Pictures" with his prize money, which came to over twenty pounds, and has now 'got all the big [underlined] Ruskins' since he got the "Stones of Venice" last year; also bought the sixteen-volume edition of Browning with his prize money. Sandilands should get his [cricket] flannels: he and Rome did very well in the game against the Household Brigade; reminiscent of when Grove House had 'Pope bowling at one end and Rome at the other at Lords'.

Has been to two rehearsals [of his play "Meleager"] at Mrs [Penelope] Wheeler's; seems that they will have to stage the tomb of Meleager painted on the side curtain on the spectator's right [sketches a plan of the stage] for reasons involving actors' positions. Agreed that the side-cloth can be used throughout the play, so Julian does not need to make two cloths for that side, which would cause more trouble for the performance; suggest painting poplars there. Hopes the canvas has come from Higson; tells Julian to send on any bills. Glad he thinks he has found a place to paint. The rehearsals, every Wednesday and Thursday, are going quite well. Will come to Cambridge for a night towards the end of the month. Glad that Julian likes his new rooms [at Trinity].

Apologises for the delay in replying to his letter, and cites the pressure of his occupation as an excuse. Expresses his delight at the news that Sidgwick intends 'to establish thorough teaching of Physical Science in Trinity College', but expresses the concern that too many subjects are being introduced, and that there are not enough people qualified to teach them. Discusses the requirements of a good teacher of chemistry, zoology, botany and geology. Gives his opinion on the qualities needed by good teachers, and discusses the importance of scientific instruction and information, and how the latter 'must be rigorously restricted within certain limits', i.e., to experimental physics with incidental chemistry, and botany. Remarks on the difficulty he envisages in finding someone competent to teach the scientific subjects at an acceptable level, but believes that 'any man of ability and teaching [ ] might very [soon] be trained for the purpose.'

Very glad that Julian is pleased with his rooms [at Trinity College, Cambridge] and that all is going well; he will have to solve his 'tripos problem' himself; sure he will do the best thing; much to be said for E[nglish] Lit[erature] if he has doubts about the M[oral] Sc[ience]; on the other hand he may become very interested in philosophy and psychology, though not as easily or quickly, and learn things which he 'would not be likely to get at any other way'. The main thing is that whatever Julian does, it should be something he can 'throw [himself] into fairly heartily', and can withstand the many 'distractions at Cambridge'. Asks him to send a programme for the Festival Th[eatre] "Heartbreak House" performance. He and Elizabeth are going in 'Matthew's motor' to Welcome on Saturday, to meet Pat Abercrombie, C[lough] Williams Ellis, and [Gabriel] Toyne the prospective Prometheus [he did in fact play the role in the Cambridge Festival Theatre's production of Robert's translation]'. Matthews would like to be their chauffeur, at an hourly rate rather than a salary; they have not yet decided what kind of car they will get, or whether to build this winter or postpone until next autumn.

Speech on the petition from Trinity College, Cambridge, in favour of the resolutions of the Eastern Question.

Admiralty, Whitehall. - Thanks Bob for writing out his poem 'so neatly' ["For a Fan", see 15/280]. Bob will 'never' be forgiven for not coming to Trinity last night; he himself had 'great fun, chiefly with Moore and Barran'. He then stayed for Verrall's funeral; glad he was able to be there as Verrall is a 'great loss'. Hears Mrs Verrall and Helen are 'wonderfully well'. Has to speak at the [Apostles] dinner and can't sleep 'for thinking of the shame and misery of it'.

Greville House, Little Baddow, Chelmsford. - Very kind of Bob to send his poems "From the Shiffolds". Heard from Kim that Philip Erasmus [Bob's grandson] has 'joined us all in this sorry place'; sends best wishes to Bessie and the whole family. Enjoyed "Windfalls" so much that he bought two copies, one to give away; thinks Bob may have found it hard to show himself 'so frankly to the world', but it is 'beautifully done' and Cross is glad he wrote it. Apologises for not writing before, but 'what is there to say? When will this horror end?' Hopes Bob has not got 'too depressed'; thinks work is 'the best sedative'. Has been quite busy himself with 'nebulous schemes which are unlikely to mature', and 'repair of damaged buildings', which are 'depressing'. Hopes the Trevelyans have had nothing to disturb the Shiffolds; he had a 'near miss' once, and the house is 'frequently shaken', with tiles lost and doors and windows broken, but nothing serious has happened so far. Has just finished '"Social England" by the Master of Trinity' [George Macaulay Trevelyan's "English Social History"]: it 'just suited [his] mood' and he 'had difficulty putting it down'; has also read the 'small book on Trinity' ["Trinity College: An Historical Sketch"]: 'Tradition still has humble admirers'. Comments on 'How miserable Goldie [Dickinson] would have been and Francis [Birrell] too'. Can still see Bob 'charging the barrier at a French railway station - successfully of course'.

8, Grosvenor Crescent, S.W. - Does not think he will be able to stay with [John] Barran on his way to the Lakes: is going up to Northumberland early, and straight on to Seatoller from there. Asks for Barran's address; either Barran or Marsh will have to tell him 'the way to the Pepper box [Inn?]'. Is 'reading Thycker, bk II', and is 'more virtuous than I have ever been'. Trinity has done well in the classical trip[os]. Is presuming Marsh is in London. Saw 'two Tennysonians at [Bulwer Lytton's play] "Richelieu": Halbert [possibly Hallam Tennyson?] and someone whose name he can never remember

On headed notepaper for Woodstock Road, Oxford. - Has been examining at Harrow with [Henry] Lee Warner, and thought Trevelyan would like to hear about his two sons there. Charlie is 'no scholar, but differentiates himself from all the other bad scholars' by 'a certain sense and a certain way of putting things' which indicate that he 'has his share of the family literary gift'. He makes numerous mistakes, but not the 'dreary canine bosh which distinguishes the duffer'. Sidgwick sat next to him at dinner at Welldon's, which 'confirmed [the] impression that he is one of the nicest young fellows... if not the nicest' he knows.

Bob is 'a genius', but currently 'suffers from two week points': he 'can't get up the pace requisite for a trying exam' like the Scholarship', and knows much less Greek than Latin. His Greek composition is 'at present somewhat embryonic, at least in verse'. However, he did some 'capital translations', and gave 'far the best answer of the kind sent in' to the question of 'whether Vergil was deficient in originality'; his Latin essay was also the best.

Thinks they would give Bob a scholarship at Balliol 'this year or next', but supposes Trevelyan 'mean[s] him for Trinity'. Sends regards to Lady Trevelyan; hopes this letter will 'catch' Trevelyan before he goes to Brussels. Adds a postscript saying that it was 'so queer' for him and Lee Warner 'to be examining out of 18 boys, two Trevelyans and a Storr [Frank or Charles Lancelot?]- nephew of F[rancis?] S.'

44, Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, W. - Thanks Trevelyan for procuring and sending 'the Tovey alterations'. [Philip FitzHugh] Radcliffe, a Fellow of King's [College Cambridge] who acts as the Music Librarian and is a 'skilled musician' was 'delighted' with the vocal score and will appreciate these alterations; will send them with some other music in a week or two and hopes to visit himself in August to 'see them rightly placed', meet some people, including Broad if he is still there, and 'walk in your Great Court [at Trinity College] by moon or starlight'. Is 'increasingly impressed by Montaigne'; is now nearing the end of Book II, and looks forward to reading Book III with some of Trevelyan's translations. Agrees with him as to 'l'Art de conferer' at first sight, but 'will try to consider it deliberately later'. Postscript reads 'Views on lying much appreciated.'

Regrets that he shall not see Myers. Announces that he is probably to leave the Lakes on 1 September. Reports on the weather, and relates that they lunched 'on the Island' and saw some cousins [of Myers], 'especially Miss Theodosia', who quite impressed Sidgwick's mother. States that [G.O] Trevelyan is in Penrith, and that he is to be married in a month. Reports that Arthur 'is very exultant in Norway', and that he himself is to go to Cambridge 'to make ready the Batting against [Myers'] Bowling in November'. Hopes to see the latter then. Is unsure as to where he shall be living.] Reports that it is likely that he will get C.H. Pearson 'to lecture on History in Trin. Coll.' Asks if Myers liked Mrs Kitchener; declares that she is 'at Rugby somewhat of a symbol or a Banner.' Note [in Myers' hand]: 'I examined for the Moral Science Tripos in Nov/69. HS coached men for [ ]'

Letter notifying Synge of the award of an Honorary Fellowship, 4 February 1972; notes thanking Synge for gifts to the College, 1979 and 1981.

Page headed 'PRO PATRIA'. Hopes that the addressee is coming up on Tuesday to the meeting of Fellows. Declares that it is 'a crisis in the history of the College.' Wishes for the scheme to pass, but thinks that it needs important alterations, 'which ought to be urged at this meeting on the 11th.' Lists the changes - with regard to staff, teaching posts and pensions within the College - that he believes ought to be made.

Two letters to the Master, both 12 Feb 1861; envelope recording those who have seen the letters, with dates from 15-18 Feb; two copies of letter to the Master and Fellows.

The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. - Thanks Bob for sending his 'usual Christmas present "From the Shiffolds"'. Is going up to Hallington for Christmas and New Year tomorrow night, after the Entrance Scholarship Election meetings; Humphry, Molly, and their five children will be there, though not Janet as 'the northern winter is not very good for her'. She has generally 'kept fairly well this term', however. Hopes to have his "Autobiography and other Essays" out in May, and will send Bob a copy; this will probably be the last new book' he ever brings out. Has been re-reading [Frederic] Maitland's "Life [and Letters] of Leslie Stephen"; perhaps the first chapters are 'rather dull', but then he believes it 'one of the very best biographies' in English.

The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. - Glad that Bob likes 'the little book' ["Trinity College: An Historical Sketch"?]. It was Gerald Balfour, not Frank [Francis], who was 'one of the group addressed by the famous epigram' [W.H. Thompson's 'We are none of us infallible, not even the youngest among us’ ?]; he told George about it himself, stressing that it was a 'jocose [inserted], friendly remark'; George can believe this more readily as Thompson was himself of the reforming party'.

Wallington, Cambo, Northumberland. - Has just read 'our dear brother's novel' ["Gerald Eversley's Friendship" by Welldon, their fellow Apostle], which is 'not so bad as [he] expected': the 'commonplaceness of the story and the setting is so bold and unconventionally conventional' that it is not laughable. About half the book is set at Harrow, and this is 'good, that is true to life'; he 'knows more of boys' than George thought. Versions of Van [A. G. Watson, known as 'Vanity'] and [Charles] Searle appear. The two main characters are a 'young barbarian' and a 'swot' who make friends; the swot's 'religious doubt' is the subject of the last half of the book, and must be respected as written by 'one of the last of the old style [emphasised] of Xtian brethren', as he takes Welldon to be. The morals of this part seem to be that 'religion may be false but it is necessary to happiness and conduct', and that a young man should 'go to Trinity, not Baliol [sic]': the swot goes to Balliol, 'finds people making epigrams instead of talking apostolically', suffers religious doubts which are not taken seriously and attempts suicide; clear that Welldon views the swot's 'reversion to Xtianity rather a poor job'; George thinks Balliol people 'will be very angry'.

Glad that Robert is coming back soon; thinks that their mother is inviting 'McT' [Jack McTaggart?], to whom their father is eager to show the Macaulay books, but she will not do so before Bob returns. Is getting 'very fond of the West Wood', and wishes there were such a place to walk in Cambridge: the Backs are 'too academical and not solitary or secluded enough'. Is 'beginning to find imagination of unreal company or circumstances very refreshing for a few minutes each day'. Describes how the battle [involving toy soldiers] is going in detail, with suggestions as to how it should proceed; sketches out a map for this.

Trinity. - Afraid he was not 'the "young person" who had taken out the Aeschylus' as his Greek can cope with Homer, and Aristophanes to some extent, but not the tragic poets; might have been able to learn if 'there had been a rational system of teaching classics'. The Fellowships were given to 'very good men' on the principle that those who were 'at their last chance' should receive them; this principle would make Moore and Barnet [sic: Lionel Barnett?] 'safe for next year', and George has other reasons for thinking this. A shame Moore could not get one this year. If there is a third fellowship next year he himself stands a chance, and his work was 'very much approved of'. Hopes that Bob is getting on well with his poetry.

The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. - Max B[eerbohm] has sent a 'very delightful' reply to George's letter [see 14/165, 1/129], but will not 'accept the invitation' [to give the Clark Lectures]. Thanks Bob if he 'intervened to extract the answer'. They can now put Bob up [at the Lodge] if he comes to Cambridge.

The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. - Encloses a copy of the letter which he sent on 24 Jan to Max Beerbohm through Bob [14/164], which Bob has confirmed he sent on. Has not yet had a reply from Beerbohm, and since he hears he 'does not much care about answering letters', asks if Bob could find out whether he received the letter and what his views are [about giving the Clark Lectures for Trinity]. Notes in a handwritten postscript that if Bob does not want to do this, he should send back the copy and George will write to Beerbohm again in a few days.

Is writing at the behest of the Council of Trinity College to ask whether Beerbohm could give the Clark Lectures in 1942; these have previously been given by their 'common friend', Desmond MacCarthy, and could be on any literary subject he liked; the stipend would be 150 pounds. Recognises that 'in these days everything must be provisional', but Trinity would 'value the chance of having [Beerbohm] more than the certainty of having others'.

The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. - They are doing what they can for [Vladimir] Daskaloff, whom they both liked: the University authorities are trying to 'fit him in as a research student'. Asks Bob to forward an enclosure to Max B[eerbohm], as he does not have his address. Postscript saying that they are slowly getting the [Master's] Lodge redecorated, a 'slow but amusing business'. What Daskaloff told them about Bessie's eyes 'might have been worse'.