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Mowden School - is distracted by radio news as he writes, thanks Christopher for letter, asks him not to write unless he has something important to say, describes ex-pupils now at Stowe, dislikes school life.

Stowe School - elected to debating society, not interested in Greek history, Christopher excited about trip to Switzerland, lecture on Russia.

plans for journey to Switzerland with John to visit their parents, will meet Reg in London on the way, "cursory toe bulletin".

Les Capucines - feels that Christopher is launched at Stowe, will send ts of her "Tapestry Song", John Cornford 's symbolic play, death of Sidney Sharpley, subscription to fund for Ada Sharpley.

Stowe School - moving into a new study, money, MacLaughlin unwilling to allow him to take Trinity scholarship exam so early, needs guarantee that Trinity would not mind 2-year gap before he went up, thinks it would be better for Christopher not to come back to Stowe, John finding school a waste of time.

Stowe School - Christopher should not return to Stowe, John wants to leave as he wastes too much time there, he does not have a bad effect on Christopher at home as he did at Stowe, reading Russian literature.

Conduit Head - Ruth Darwin is offering to pay Christopher's school fees at Leys School.

Conduit Head - believes John can make his time at Stowe worthwhile, plans for Christopher.

Conduit Head - death of Mr Stodart, Christopher doing well at the Leys and becoming interested in Classics, problem of TJ's influence on Christopher.

Bound volume with cover title, "List of Writers of Letters to Henry Jackson (1839-1921), Fellow of Trinity College (1964-1921)", featuring an alphabetic list of correspondents with summaries of the letters and descriptions of the correspondents in Add.MS.c.24-47, with a letter tucked into a pocket in the back written by Henry Jackson 19 Oct. 1858, his first letter home from Trinity College, a sketch of the cloisters in Nevile's Court by Christopher Cornford, and a poem by Frances Cornford entitled 'Gone Down', three photographs of Jackson, his room in Nevile's Court, and his grave. Also pasted in are a printed list of books dedicated to Henry Jackson and a printed flysheet relating to reforms at the university.

'as from' Conduit Head, Madingley Road, Cambridge. - Receiving "From the Shiffolds" was one of the best things about Christmas this year; thanks Trevelyan, and apologises for not doing so earlier due to her son Christopher's leave, 'influenza in the house & no domestic help all happening at one'. Thinks the end of the poem to Ursula Wood about Virgil touches her most, as well as "Dream Truth", whose 'finality & clear, sure shape' she praises. Trevelyan will probably guess that she is 'deeply interested to read translations - being [herself] a translation addict'; she is a 'good subject to try the Petronius on', as she knows no Latin - which she believes to be 'an almost hopeless handicap for any writer of English'. Thinks she gets a 'fresh & firsthand sense of the originals', which must be 'enchanting'. Makes the 'tentative criticism' that sometimes Trevelyan uses word order 'which is just too foreign'; has noticed the same 'almost stilted inversions' in Trevelyans own verse, mixed with others that have a more modern tone, and is not sure whether the content of the lines justifies the difference. Asks whether Trevelyan is 'developing a new & more intimate manner of writing' and this is 'a transition period'.

Contributors include Arnold Kettle, Christopher Cornford, Philip Gell, Victor Kiernan, Margot Heinemann, Sam Russell discussing John Cornford 's life and poetry and relationship between poetry and politics in 1930s

trunks not arrived, difficult for Christopher to settle in without right clothes, preparations for parents' journey to Switzerland

Spanish Civil War exhibition, copy of indemnity for items lent by CFC: Imperial War Museum, London

Christopher's problems at school

Stowe School - Christopher getting on well, John Cornford has sent essay on "Murder as a Fine Art" to Weekend Review.

Conduit Head, Madingley Road, Cambridge. - Sends 'this joint effort' by her and [her son] Christopher as her Christmas card this year [no longer present]. Has kept Bob's little "[From the] Shiffolds" from last year on the table by her bed all year; does not think she ever sent her 'heartfelt thankyou' at the time due to 'some temporary contre temps like 'flu'.

Stowe School - Christopher has had an accident, John Cornford wants to lend Robert Graves anthology to Frances Cornford , hopes price of books will go down.

Stowe School - Christopher away for two weeks, thanks Frances Cornford for criticisms of his poetry, copy of "satire" beginning "Bid silence to my liberal views...".