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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 two at Rome, but does not mean to stay anywhere long. Was ‘very glad to learn that C[harlie] had been coopted’ - understands that he has not been elected ‘by a constituency. It shows that they must think a lot of him’. Met an ‘acquaintance’ of Charlie’s the other day, a Miss [Lena] Milman, who writes and translates Dostoevsky; she met Charlie at Lord Crewe’s, and ‘chiefly remembers him as an enthusiast for Jane Austen’. Supposes Georgie will be back [from Madeira] around the same time he returns, having been ‘further afield in this “grand terraqueous spectacle” [Wordsworth] than any of the family than Papa’, since he does not remember their mother having ‘ever ventured beyond Naples or Vienna’.

The Italians ‘have had a terrible disaster [the great defeat by the Ethiopians at Adwa] and there is some talk of the throne having received a dangerous jar’: it is too soon to tell, but certainly many Italians ‘especially in the North are republicans at heart’; Crispi [the Prime Minister] has resigned. Hopes ‘Uncle Sam will stick to his guns about Cuba. That will be so much better than having a senseless shindy with us’. Is ‘anxious’ to hear how the news sounds to her in England: ‘out here they are mere shadows of events, for it is only when history can be talked about and over hauled in conversation that it becomes real’.

The weather has not always been brilliant, though they ‘have not been siroccoed for a week on end again’; is finding it ‘very easy to catch a chill’, as nights can be cold and ‘there are no such things as fires’; still, it is easy to get rid of chills, and he is ‘keeping quite well’. Has discovered something ‘about Papist priests. They dispense with fasting when at an hotel, because table d’hôte does not provide them with a sufficiency of good fish and vegetables’. Also, they are ‘passing fond of Madeira’. Is ‘quite priest-ridden’, though the two in his hotel are ‘the only two of any intelligence and conversation’, and he is ‘deadly sick of watching “The fat and greasy citizens sweep in / To sate their sordid souls at table-d’hôte”’. This is a quotation from ‘a sonnet built out of quotations’ which he and Bertram ‘architected for the Westminster two years ago on the Wengen (?) Alp’.

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Encloses a cutting from the American "Nation", with a letter about [Rabindranath] Tagore, and a poem by Lord Crewe which is 'about as good as his father would have written'. The poem reminds Sir George of the 'very pretty memoir' by Lord Ribblesdale about his son [Charles] Lister [who died of wounds sustained at Gallipolli] which has recently been published. Thinks the long article on Emerson in this week's "[Times] Literary Supplement" is by the same writer as the one on Keats; strange to see how the author in both cases 'admires and loves' quite different things to those he does himself. Most interested in Robert having known 'Jones Festing' [sic: Henry Festing Jones], and will want to talk to him. Now Robert knows 'all about it', can say that Mr [Arthur] Fifield told him the same about what seems to be now the only surviving sister of Samuel Butler.

Included are letters from and R. B. Haldane (C/7, C/10), Sir T. E. Thorpe (C/7), A. J. Balfour (C/8, C/10), Stanley Baldwin (C/8), Sir Henry Newbolt, (C/8) S.A. Arrhenius (C/9), Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham (C/11), Louis de Broglie (C/11), George, 1st Viscount Cave (C/10), Sir Stephen Gaselee (C/12), Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (C/12), Elizabeth Haldane (C/11), Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (C/10), Charles James Longman (C/9), James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (C11), Ernest Bowman Ludlam (C/9), Hugh Macnaghten (C/9), Albert Mansbridge (C/8), Robert O. A. Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (C/8, C/12); Alfred Chilton Pearson (C/9), Robert Alderson Wright, Baron Wright (C/10).

Included are letters from Stanley Baldwin (C/13, C/16), Sir Richard Threlfall (C/13), Sir B.H. Liddell-Hart (C/14), Neville Chamberlain (C/14), Sir Anthony Eden (C/16), Edmund Charles Blunden (C/14), John Buchan (C/14), Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (C/14), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (C/15), Thomas Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester (C/17), W. Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (B/80), Robert O. A. Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (C/13), Karl Przibram (C/15), Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (C/16), Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford of Nelson (C/15), John, 1st Viscount Sankey (C/13 and C/14), Sir William Napier Shaw (C/13), Henry John Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland (C/16), George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon (C/15).

Included are letters from Sir B. H. Liddell Hart (B/74), A. E. Housman (B/76, B/81), Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (B/77), 3rd Earl of Leicester (B/81), Ernest de Selincourt (B/81), Charles I. C. Bosanquet (B/79), John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (B/77), Hilda Margaret Pickard-Cambridge (B/81), Lionel E. L. Charlton (B/81), W. Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (B/80), George Stuart Gordon (B/78), Winifred E. L. Hawke (B/80), George Cecil Jaffé (B/77), Kenneth Escott Kirk (B/79), James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, Sarah Hamilton Lusk (B/75), Theodore Lyman (B/70), Francis John Lys (B/74), Margaret (Daisy) McTaggart (B/76, B/78, B/80), Robert O. A. Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (B/78), Stephen Charles Neill (B/76); Sir Harold F. P. Percival (B/79), Ernest Murray Pollock, Baron (later Viscount) Hanworth (B/74, B.79), Constance Babington Smith (B/78), Lady Elisabeth Babington Smith (B/75, B/78), Sir George Adam Smith (B/79), Sir William Francis Kyffin Taylor (B/79), John Grosvenor Barrington-Ward (B/75), John Macnaghten Whittaker (B/77), Alexander Wood (B/74), Robert Alderson Wright, Baron Wright (B/81).

Lord Crewe offering the Aldine Thucydides, 1502 (now N.5.94 in the library collections).

76 (26 Feb 1902); 113 (29 Dec 1911); 135 (23 Feb 1912); 175 (30 Dec 1912; 228 (11 Nov 1915); 230 (30 Dec 1915): all contain additional messages from Henry Babington Smith to his father-in-law Lord Elgin

62: 21-27 May 1910, enclosing sketch of garden in Turkey
64: 26 Dec 1910-1 Jan 1911, with enclosures: photograph of Stefo Pavlovitch, Margaret Babington Smith and Bernard Babington Smith, with explanatory note, and sketch, 'Izzet Pasha's Orchid House in our garden', 27 Nov 1910.
112: 15 Dec 1911, containing copy of letter from H. L. Samuel to Henry Babington Smith
119: 6-9 Jan 1912, with press cutting, 'The Brilliant Moonlight', letter from Arthur Burnet to The Times [2 Jan 1912]
120: 10-11 Jan 1912, enclosing five photographs of snowy Turkish garden, four showing Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith
122: 22-25 Jan 1912, enclosing two press cuttings on Turkish finance from Turkish newspaper, 22 Jan 1922 (in French)
127: 29-31 Jan 1912, enclosing press cutting, 'Turkish Treasury Bonds' from unidentified newspaper (after 25 Jan 1912)
124: 19-20 Feb 1912, enclosing letter from Hon. Alexander Bruce to Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith, 12 Jan
143: 17-19 Mar 1912, enclosing letter from Henry George Babington Smith to Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith, 10 Mar 1912
156: 30 May 1912, telegram
167: 17 Aug 1912, containing copy of letter from Lord Crewe to Henry Babington Smith, 14 Aug 1912
190: 23 Dec 1913, with enclosures: letter from Margaret Babington Smith to her grandfather Lord Elgin (in the hand of Lady Elisabeth Babington Smith; good luck card from David Babington Smith to his grandfather
214: 5 Apr 1915, containing copy of letter from Hon. Alexander Bruce to Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith
237: [Dec 1916], enclosing letter from David Babington Smith to his grandfather Lord Elgin.

Offering Governorship of Bombay to Henry Babington Smith, with copy of Babington Smith’s reply; both copies in hand of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.

Archerfield House, Dirleton.—He enjoyed his walks with her at Alderley. Discusses his visit to Crewe Hall, and refers to his companions at Archerfield.

India Office, Whitehall, S.W.—His complaint against the Fair Wages Advisory Committee is that it stops short of giving the advice necessary to produce harmony between Government Departments. Such advice cannot shelter the contracting parties, who are free to to accept or reject its advice. He accepts that Buxton is not responsible for the Committee, but points out that the Board of Trade always answers questions on in it in the House and that it often uses Board of Trade paper. The opinion communicated in the Secretary of State’s letter, which was written with Montagu’s approval, was explicitly stated to be subject to Sir George Askwith’s approval. The letter was only written because of the Committee’s delay, and Buxton took action without waiting for the India Office’s reply to Askwith’s letter of 8 December. He will not be sorry if Buxton consults the Cabinet on the matter, since, if Buxton’s views of the Committee hold good and if future negotiations with the Committee proceed along similar lines, it is not as useful a body as it might be. But he hopes Buxton will not act till the Secretary of State [for India] is present to answer his contention.

(Carbon copy?)

India Office.—Refers to a long controversy which ended with a letter from the Secretary of the Advisory Committee to the India Office on the 8th, pointing out that the Committee’s reluctance to give advice limits their usefulness to contracting Departments. It is generally unsafe to rely on an agreement between masters and men in one firm, and the fact that this existed would not make it unnecessary for them to refer to the Committee for advice. On the 7th Sir Richmond Ritchie wrote to the Secretary of the Committee suggesting that, subject to any remarks by Sir George Askwith, the Secretary of State [Lord Crewe] believed that it would be unnecessary for the Committee to consider the case further. As the delay in obtaining a reply had been so long, they [the India Office] were anxious to see if the Advisory Committee could advise whether, in view of the present situation at Dowlais, they should be safe in accepting tenders from the firm. The Secretary replied conveying what amounts to a refusal of the Chairman to advise on this question, and asking if they still required an answer to the question of 23 August. Montagu was drafting a reply to the effect that he must require an answer, as he could obtain no advice from the Committee as to whether such answers could safely be dispensed with; but before he could send it Mr [J. M.] Robertson gave an answer in the House yesterday which he believes should not have been given before his own reply had been received. He understands that the Committee is aggrieved that the India Office has already permitted the firm to tender to them. He regrets this, and has reprimanded his Stores Department. The question is now likely to die, and he intends to inform Hardie that, as an arrangement has been made at Dowlais satisfactory to all parties, he has instructed that orders may again be placed with Guest, Keen, & Nettlefold at their Dowlais Works.

(This draft was made on the 11th, but the fair-copy was not sent till the following day.)

17 Clarendon Gardens, Maida Hill. - Understands Houghton is seeking a tutor for his son; offers services; has been chaplain and tutor to Mr Gladstone and Lord Grosvenor for six years.

On embossed notepaper, Hollowcombe, Sydenham, S. E. - Thanks for nomination to Foreign Office; has topped examination; Bobby [Milnes] flourishing at Harrow; Papa visiting Uncle Milbanke in Ireland.

40 Council House Street, Dover, Kent. - Unoccupied since resigning Secretaryship of the Junior Athenaeum, which he founded; would like an office in the College of Arms; has approached the Duke of Norfolk, who has previously paid him personal attention; mentioned Lord George Gordon Lennox, Houghton and Planché as referees; Sheffield Congress acquaintances have also offered testimonials. Postscript: excursion to Haddon Hall and Bakewell Church after Congress; missed Houghton and his son; requests an early letter for the Duke of Norfolk, who is leaving for 'this very novel and interesting pilgrimage' next week.

60 Dawson St, Dublin. - Asks Houghton's opinion of his son's former tutor [Robert] Wirell; might be able to recommend him for an eligible position.

Portland Terrace, Winchester [paper embossed with lion's head and the motto Esse quam videri]. - Has left Winton with her husband; they seek a curacy where a few pupils could be taught; cannot earn by drawing as her sight has been impaired by illness. Glad to hear of Robert's success; 'My dear father [Charles Alexander Johns of Winton House School] was so proud of him'. Her mother likes being back at Winton; her young brother has had rheumatism and must leave Harrow because of its clay soil. Requests a photograph.

[Illegible address], on paper with printed monogram IZA. - Houghton expelled from Club; sorry about his son's fall; offers saddle; does not know F[?]'s address; working on a new novel; might then turn to politics in the USA or culture in Italy; his Ship of the Desert all in type for publication next sprint; another novel in press.

Ravensworth Castle. - Thanks for Scutari stanzas and Introductory Address [to Edinburgh Philosophical Institution]; encloses ballad for Houghton's son and own 'Canzonet to Water'; admires Houghton's poetry without a philosophical analysis of the poetic faculty. Enjoyed Houghton's pun on Disraeli; once addressed Mrs Disraeli as a 'Dizzy-Pated Woman'.

Embossed notepaper, 'Hagley Hall, Stourbridge'. - Does not condemn Monographs except for its title, 'which your present explanation makes much worse'; especially values its embodiment of Houghton's heartiness and friendliness. Lyttelton long ago secured his own immortality by having a Colonial town named after him. Houghton should say nothing to his son about Latin verses.

42 Portland Place, W. - Returns Houghton's son's 'very promising' verses, with some corrections [no longer present]; classical composition and translation should be encouraged. Has read monograph of Sydney Smith; special combination of the grave and the gay in his character. Suggests a number of corrections for next edition of Monographs.

Letter of 10 Oct. 1881 written after her marriage to Gerald FitzGerald.

Part I, on The Merchant of Venice, and Part II, on As You Like It and Henry IV, Parts I and II. Examiner Evelyn Abbott, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

Latin hexameters, lyrics, and pentameters. Including translations from Milton's Paradise Lost; 'Lament on the death of Thomson' [ie Ode on the Death of [James] Thomson, by William Collins]; pieces from Holden's Foliorum Silvula [a collection of English passages for translation into Latin and Greek]; Loss of the Birkenhead [by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle]; and 'Somerville's Chase' [or The Chace, by William Somerville]. Pieces which may be Robert Milnes' own composition are a dialogue between Mopsus and Menalcas [characters from Virgil's Eclogues], and a lyric entitles 'Salve, Alexandrovna', dated 13 Mar. 1874 and presumably written to mark the marriage between the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia and Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.

On headed notepaper with Harrow crest. With envelope addressed to Lord Houghton (not sent in the post).

First line 'Nocte mihi ferro blandum suadente soporem...' The piece does not appear to have been marked, as might be expected for schoolwork.

Harrow. - Is sure Houghton will have been pleased to hear the Lower School' Shakespeare prize. Mr Holmes the examiner 'speaks of his work as fully deserving it, and singles out for special praise his comparison of the characters of Brutus and Cassius. Perhaps this will be quoted some day as his earliest work of literary criticism!'. Has 'really pleased' Butler that Robert Milnes has won the prize.

Boroughbridge. - Saw his doctor, 'an old school-fellow' recently, who told him he 'perfectly understood [himself], and confirmed [his] own ideas in every respect' and that it had been right for him to choose 'some rest whilst the will so to choose was in my own power'.

Expects the weekly letter from [her son] Robert will reach her at the same time; intends to write to him soon if all is well. Hopes 'the young ladies and Miss Allen [their governess] get on well together'.

Asks her to tell Mrs Blackburne that 'one of her pen-wipers and the rabbit were reserved at the bazaar' for him; Robert may have the rabbit if he likes. Mrs Blackburne should also know that 'Mr Owen, as rural-dean, assembled his clergy & their churchwardens here &, at a meeting in the school after Holy Communion in Church, the unanimous decision was to go on collecting Church-rate as far as practicable. Our own rate here at B.B. having been merely for repairs &c, the other expenses of heating & lighting being subscribed by the congregation'.

Thought of enclosing a note to Miss Louisa Milnes, but instead hopes to write in a few days. Would also like Annabella Milnes to thank Mr Dey for forwarding a letter to him which he received yesterday morning.

With stamp and note acknowledging receipt of payment.

Bills from traders: Crossley and Clarke (booksellers), Blake and Son,drapers, mercers, hosiers, haberdashers and hatters; H. Chatham Shaw, hat maker; E Goshawk, for hair cutting; E. W. Graham; James Woodbridge, tailor, hosier and hatter; E. W. Craker [?], perhaps a cobbler; Bowller & Fuller (butchers?).

Bills from Harrow School itself, for tuition, school charges and repairs etc, the school concert, and the bathing place, as well as paper, pens, ink and so on bought from the school.

Accounts with H. Montagu Butler (headmaster), for Christmas Term 1872, Easter and Christmas Terms 1873, and Easter Term 1874. With stamps and notes by Butler acknowledging payment.

Winchester. - Has been to Winton House; the 'sick boy's name is Stratford, a Kent family. He is one of thirteen. None of his friends have been to see him yet'. Mr [Charles Alexander] Johns has taught four of the boy's older brothers. The boy is likely to be removed in a week for change. Not yet know when Greville returns.

Robert's friend Longman is the son of William Longman, of 36 Hyde Park Square and Ashlyns, Great Berkhampstead; two of his brothers have also been with Mr Johns and 'distinguished themselves at Harrow and Oxford' [Robert's son is likely to be Hubert Harry Longman, later made 1st Baronet, of Lavershot Hall]. Robert knows the Warburtons, but they are not in the same class, and do not live at Mr John's house but have been granted a special exception to go up daily to their lessons (their cousins are residents at WIlton House).

Is sorry to hear of 'Miss Florence's accident', and hopes she recovers quickly. The hotel is comfortable.