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Notes on books and articles read at one end of book, with partial index written out on front cover: W. S. Maugham, Strictly Personal; W. V. Quine, Mathematical Logic; J. R. Sturge-Whiting, The Mystery of Versailles and C. A. E. Mobery & E. F. Jourdain, An Adventure; L. J. Bendit, Paranormal Cognition: [its place] in Human Psychology; E. J. Garrett, My Life as a Search for the Meaning of Mediumship. G S. Brown, 'Statistical Significance in Psychical Research' (article from Nature); Kendall, M. G. & Babington-Smith, B., 'Second Paper on Random Sampling Numbers' and 'Randomness and Random Sampling Numbers (articles from Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society) and 'Tables of Random Sampling Numbers' (no. XXIV of Tracts for Computers, ed. E. S. Pearson); Korzybski, A., Science and Sanity: an introduction to non-Aristotelian systems and general semantics'; Pearson, E. S., 'William Sealy Gosset, 1876-1937. "Student as Statistician"' (article in Biometrika*).

Notes on indication of probability in symbolic logic on p. 27 and a record of a dream 44/45, with interpretation on p. 29. Notes on 'Candidates for Perrot (1954) [now the Perrot-Warwick Fund, which awards grants for research in parapsychology], p. 38. Notes 'from Brown's dissertation' and Thouless's own 'P K expt' at end of this section.

Labelled 'R. H. Thouless, Dept. of Education, 17 Brookside, Cambridge', on inside cover at other end, with note from Oct. 1942. Parts of pages cut away at top in this section of the book to provide index: sections labelled 'Lectures', 1942-1943; 'Practical' - notes on teaching, individual students, results of questionnaire, and 'Wittgenstein'. This section includes notes on Norman Malcolm's 1958 memoir, which seems to have inspired Thouless to write out 'My own recollections'. Includes record of their first meeting, and notes taken from Thouless' personal diaries, 1941-1945. Also includes more general thoughts on their friendship, Thouless' impression of Wittgenstein's opinions of his pupils, Francis Skinner, Wittgenstein's thoughts on war, his hospital porter work, and death.

Wallington, Cambo, Morpeth. - They have just had a 'long letter from Robert' [in the East] but have not yet read it through; expects Elizabeth will also hear from him. Julian becomes ever more talkative. Miss [Charlotte?] Moberly has been to visit. The hounds are coming this morning; does not know whether Julian will get out as it is raining, but he will be able to see them in the yard from the window. She and Sir George are 'greatly distressed' about the 'shocking row' in the House [of Commons, on Home Rule]. Charlie was here on Thursday night; he has gone today with Mary to Alnwick to speak in the place of E[dward] Grey, who cannot leave London. Their children are coming today to see the hounds, then 'sleep and dine' at Wallington. Nora [Trevelyan] came to lunch and to say goodbye as she is leaving; she looked very shaky. Meta [Smith]'s eldest son Reginald is engaged; he is 23 and does not come of age till he is 25, so Meta will not have to leave Goldings till then. Mary is quite well now.

Wallington, Cambo, Morpeth. - News of Julian: thinks Elizabeth will find him much stronger and more active. Kitty is coming to tea with him this afternoon. Gertrude Bell is going to give a lecture on Thursday and Miss [Charlotte?] Moberly is coming for the night. Sir C[arles] Dalrymple and his daughter are visiting later in the month; hopes Elizabeth will just have returned by then. Ella Pease is coming for the night on 4 December, so Caroline will invite Mrs Cookson as well. Will have a party for the children on the 11th, then one for the school children on the 13th. Asks to be remembered to Madame Grandmont [Bramine Hubrecht]; hopes she is better and stronger.