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Wallington, Cambo, Morpeth. - Very sad news about the nurse [Mrs Catt]; hopes Elizabeth will be able to find another as nice; asks if Mrs Catt has a home to go to for a chance of recovery. Good that Julian is so well. George came yesterday with 'a nice young Huxley', with whom he had walked 'over mountains from the Lakes 94 miles in 3 days'. The A[ndrew?] Langs are here, and Mrs Lang asks about Elizabeth; Mrs Pease and the Hunsfields are coming to lunch, and the Booths for the night; Janet and the children come tomorrow. Sending a brace of grouse; asks whether the last ones arrived. Lucky that Nurse Shephard can come; it will give Elizabeth time to find another nurse. Booa is very sorry [about Nurse Catt?]

Folk-Lore Society, 11 Old Square, Lincolns Inn. Dated January 13th, 1913 - E. S. Hartland will be forwarding an MS on totemism by the late Andrew Lang; it is not to be published; Mrs Lang has been persuaded that the chapter on Totemic Exogamy could be published on its own, only if Hartland and Frazer (as representing the opposing views) both agree that it is suitable for publication.

Wallington, Cambo, Northumberland. - Has been very concerned about the troubles with the nurse [Mrs Catt], for her own sake and for Elizabeth's; hope they will soon be settled. Glad that Julian is so well. Enjoyed their visit from the [Andrew?] Langs; got to like him personally, and it seems he was impressed by 'the real knowledge of books' in the family; he is 'a very curious fellow, and is the better for a little self-knowledge'. Has long thought the "Amours de Voyage" the best of Clough's works; quite agrees with Robert about "Dipsychus", and [Henry] Sidgwick's early essays; will read [Lang's] "In The Wrong Paradise" is Robert likes it. He, Caroline, Charles, and he expects now George are all at different stages in reading [James Ford?] Rhodes' history; Caroline 'was the pioneer'.