4, Rue Nungesser et Coli, Paris XVI. - Thanks 'Elisaveta Ivanovna' for showing such concern about her own 'poor naughty heart'. Reksuchka [the dog] was 'so mad with joy' when she got back that it was 'imposssible' for her husband to hug her; then when… read more
14, rue Nungesser et Coli. - Arrived in Paris two days ago with his father, who is consulting doctors. Rex [the dog] was very glad to see him. [Marie] Germanova is well but very tired after over three hundred and thirty performances of Dostoevesky's play.… read more
Rome. - Glad that Elizabeth would like to stay at Grosvenor Cr[escent]; thinks it can easily be arranged, though she should see [Mary] Prestwich who is there now and talk it over with her. She and Sir George will not go to London before Easter this year.… read more
The Shiffolds. - He and Bessie are 'glad to good news' of his mother's recovery; hopes she is able to go outside now. The Bottomleys leave on Wednesday; Gordon is 'on the whole a good deal better for his stay in the South'. Bessie and Julian are well;… read more
Palace Hôtel, Rome. - Has not been reading "The Brothers Karamazov"; was amused by the first two chapters, but they support Robert's observations about 'the hysterical character'; Caroline was also 'stuck' for the same reason. Has seen much of the '… read more
Little Datchet Farm, Malvern, R.D.1, Pennsylvania. - Agrees that it is difficult to write to distant friends - much unknown and much that cannot be said - but values letters from friends in England more and more. Absurd that Bob's walks on Leith Hill are… read more
P.O. Moradpore, Bankipore. - Thanks Trevelyan for the letter and introductions, though he will not use them, since 'tapirs and Tagores tempt terribly, but samples of either can be met in England' and he wishes to stay in one place until going to the… read more
Thanks Trevelyan for his ‘kind note from Madras’; is sorry he could not reply earlier as he was busy finishing a picture. He and his brother will be ‘delighted’ to meet E. M. Forster when he visits Calcutta; Tagore will be back in another week so he… read more
Harnham, Monument Green, Weybridge. - Asks if Trevelyan could lend him some books as the L[ondon] L[ibrary] has failed him; would like some of: Jean Christophe [by Romain Rolland]; Butler's "Life or Habit" [sic: "Life and Habit", Samuel Butler], "Luck or… read more
Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Robert's letter has brought 'a breath of Italy'; wishes he could be there; asks to be remembered kindly to Robert's hosts and wishes he could see Berenson's library. Books now his 'medium for everything': foreign countries,… read more
Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Has sent back the Chekhov; "Three Years" gives a better picture of the Russia 'of a semi-barbarous state' than anything else he has read: Dostoevesky does too much of this, and 'no nation of such a people as he draws them… read more
Hôtel Floresta, Taormina [headed notepaper]:- Will return to England at the end of the month: would like to join some friends - Marsh, Barran, and Childers - and possibly Charlie, who are going for a few days’ walking tour in Yorkshire. May stop a day or… read more
Cortona (Arezzo). - Apologises for not writing sooner because of ill-health and the heat; Trevelyan has had a token of his regard in the book about Machiavelli which is not meant to be scholarly but has charm and 'is not in the least stupid'; he could… read more