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2 St Margaret's Road, Edinburgh. - Is 'beginning to see daylight about the 3rd Act [of "The Bride of Dionysus"] Has been showing the work to T. [?] Fuller Maitland [a relative of J. A. Fuller Maitland?] 'who seems much interested and quite intelligent'. Feels they must take advantage of 'the veil of mist at the crisis'. Describes the way in which he envisages the scene: is not certain yet how it will work, but is happy with the principle, which will give relief to the singers, deepen the 'mystification of the audience' and also introduce something he has 'always hankered after, an effective doubt as to whether the mortal Ariadne has not fallen over the cliff after all'.

Borwick Hall, Carnforth - Has read 'Balder the Beautiful' vol. I, and adds three items: the story of a Highland woman who was robbed and said she would never wear shoes until she had walked to the king; the Palio ceremony in Siena, and the banners carried by youths who keep them continually waving, as described by William Heywood; a description of an Easter ceremony in Moscow in the cathedral there, almost identical to the one he saw in Athens.