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54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse, midi 20 - Has received the warning that the Italians are surrounding Bastia, and their hearts and thoughts are turned to the Frazers; have drunk champagne to the victory of everything that unites them.

54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse – Like Pickwick, whose warlike relations he did not know, he had never heard of this nephew who was going to conquer India, and has cut out the description of his parting to put in his finest copy; he has returned to Ajaccio, and Catherine [Giamarchi, a niece] has come with her husband [André Jean César Giamarchi], before going to Bastia, and then Cannelle.

[Stationery of 54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse] de Cannelle d’Orcino – He has received her moving letter and says courage is necessary in these times; is glad to hear they have returned to Cambridge; thinks of those around them, what does poor [Bertrand?] Russell say, who was so generous and confident even of the Soviets; give his best wishes to [Louis Colville Gray?] Clarke who is preoccupied with the books of Lady Thomson; Catherine [Giamarchi, a niece] has returned to Ajaccio to her husband, and he has help where he is[?].

54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse – Remembers scenes in Cambridge, and happy hours when he was near them; hope things are going better; will be leaving in the middle of July for Cannelle, where Catherine [Giamarchi, his niece] is making some improvements.

54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse – Welcomes the news [of the new book?]; she is going to the country, and he is too, though Catherine [Giamarchi, a niece] is renovating the outside stairs; they are without farmers, the Italian family they had for 8 years having left in the panic and returned to Livorno, having been paid 2,000 lire by the Fascists; another turned back, having been pursued by Catherine's maid, and has decided to stay despite the promises of glory and wealth of his miserable homeland; she has been providential for the 'Rameau d’or' and despite her illness 'Australasia'; he is still proofing his cartography of Corsica, is waiting for the return of some maps as it turns out those in his collection don’t appear in the Nationale or the Institut de Géographie; thinks they will have a good time in Newcastle, he admires England, and will be thinking of her on the 28th when "Australasia" comes out; praises [Franklin] Roosevelt for being the voice of reason; has been rereading Xenophon and Socrates and Simonides, and believes they should be given 'aux Fuhrers et aux Duci de nos jours'; thanks her for the 'Times'.

54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse - Thanks her for the package of presents, Catherine [Giamarchi, his niece] and the children were pleased. Accompanied by the envelope.

54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio (Corse) - Thanks her for her happy letter; tells her it was Campana who was Consul général in London when they went to lunch with M. de Fleuriau; suggests she photograph the drawing of Sir James and send it to her friends; rejoices in the success of the books 'Pasha the Pom' and the first volume of the 'Anthologia Anthropologica'; is happy she let him send his reminiscences to [Sir Joseph John?] Thomson and to [Robert Ranulph?] Marett; has sent Catherine [Giamarchi] her note.