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Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 5 February, 1915 - Thanks him for the Addison 'Essays', and tells a story of having to translate Addison into Latin, finally simply handing in a blank piece of paper; the Professor of Mineralogy from Liège [Giuseppe Raimondo de Cesàro?] has taken refuge there from the war, 'a Neapolitan brigand - great in wives', 'somewhat exacting' and is giving Lewis much to do.

Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 5 February, 1917 - Discovered Frazer's 'Letters of Cowper' in the Museum, and thanks him for it; is sorry for the Germans in England, hears Waldstein [later Walston] was treated badly, hopes Miss Brent hasn't been treated badly; his sister is teaching French to soldiers going to the front; the companies of the Monmouthshire who occupied Whewell's Court left this morning; Cesare [Giuseppe Raimondo de Cesàro?] has been summoned back to Liège by the Germans.