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Ravello. - Thanks his mother for her 'kind letter' about his book [The Birth of Parsival]; discusses the book and the legend of the Grail more generally. Does not intend to continue the story of Parsival at present, if he did would follow the legend more closely, but 'have a different ending, an anti-Grail one'.

They have had 'pretty bad weather again here'; will probably leave next week, perhaps on Tuesday with the Booths; will stop at the Berensons' for a few days on the way back. He and Bessie are well, though 'tired of the bad weather. Charles Booth is much better', though still not allowed to walk much. Sees from the paper that his father 'was [at?] the Irish debate', and from the Italian paper today that it had a 'good division - 42'.

They were 'delighted to hear from George [about the birth of his and Janet's daughter Mary] and also most pleased by the names chosen'; hopes Janet and baby are still doing well. Sends love to his father.

Typed copy. Lindsay Sap, Gallipoli. Description of daily routine, has responsibility for four widely-spaced guns, looks forward to weekly Fortnum and Masons boxes.

Sends congratulations on being awarded the Members' Prize

Letter of acceptance for the 1905 Apostles' dinner.

10 King's Parade, Cambridge. Dated 10 Nov. 1915 - Thanks him for the copy of ['The Northern Bantu']; Lilly instructs him to say she does not think he should give copies to the guarantors but will explain when she sees him.

36 Smith Square, Westminster.—Discusses arrangements for meeting.

(Undated.)

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36 Smith Square, Westminster

I’m terribly afraid tomorrow is bound to be a failure, but if you liked, & werent busy wd you pick me up at Mansfield St anytime after a quarter to 11, & not later than 11.15 & we’d drive back together. This is rather a foul suggestion as it entails a long dreary solitary drive for you & I {1} shall more than understand if you say you cant. Perhaps you’d like to let me know as if you werent coming I dont think I should go to Mansfield St at all.

You’d have found Aggie Barbara, Pamela & me if you’d lunched & of course dear Reggie. He was very sweet. If you want to go to Walmer early you will wont you.

I shall see you Wednesday {2} anyway 4.30.

Yrs
Venetia

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Written in two kinds of pencil (see below). Printed in H. H. Asquith: Letters to Venetia Stanley, p. 492.

{1} Up to this point the letter is in lead pencil; the rest is in blue pencil.

{2} 24th.

Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 30 October, 1919 - Thanks him for dedicating his book to him, congratulates himself for being on Council when they made Frazer a Student-Fellow 'one of our very best deeds'; his daughter Edith is writing to his dictation owing to eye troubles.

Allibone's final letter, 4 March 1963, announces the A.E.I. Company's decision to close the laboratory at Aldermaston.

40 Weymouth Street - thanks him for the help he gave Charles Donne, Charles' preaching, meeting with "the Dean"

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Gunthwaite Hall, nr Barnsley - BB would like his theory of tides published in the Memoirs of the Cambridge Philosophical Society: 'I need not tell you that Laplace's theory has not superseded the necessity of another'. BB gives a short critique of Laplaces's theory: 'He neglects the vertical displacement in the value of Sp, and retains it in the equation of continuity where it ought also to be neglected...To make Sp a complete variation is the thing wanted in this theory'.

Park House, Maidstone - Thanks WW for his 'Republic and the Timaeus': WW will be remembered in time for his work in opening up this field to 'English readers'.

Thanks him for the message on her birthday, hope he enjoys the Dordogne, sends pictures [pasted on to the sheet] of 'the four of us' [Louise, Peter, and an unidentified man and a woman] at La Caravello.

One letter only, on an inequality, with 1 p. attached calculations by Davenport headed 'Haldane'.

(Bibliog. 113).

8pp. ms. draft.