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John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor failed to get a Bell's Scholarship, Robert Bickersteth Mayor elected fellow and about to become a master at Rugby

Cambridge University Press 1953-74

Correspondence on various projects and proposed books.

Includes agreement for collaborative book on 'Fission', 1953. See C.68, 'Atoms - Manual'.

Correspondence re proposed book on 'Subatomic Particles' or 'Elementary Particles', eventually dropped at Frisch's request 1960-64. See C.69, 'Subatomic Particles'.

Correspondence re Niels Bohr's Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature, and including Frisch's introduction for reissued version, 1960.

Correspondence re translation of Schrödinger's Meine Weltansicht, and including a 'trial translation' by Frisch, 1961-64.

Agreement for proposed book on 'Quantum Theory and Beyond' to be written by Frisch, 1970.

Other miscellaneous correspondence, last date 1974

Visit of Lady and Jane Langdale, Jane Langdale's articles on Garibaldi for The Westminster Review, thanks for battledore

10 King's Parade, Cambridge. Dated 30 Oct. 1915 - Has sent his 'Golden Bough' and 'Psyche's Task' to Kingsmead, accidentally sent the anthropological questions there as well; has [William] Ridgeway's book which apparently controverts some of his views, and has had a friendly letter from him; [W. H. R.] Rivers is expected in Cambridge in two weeks, perhaps he can come visit then.

Written in Thomson's hand

States that as he fully concurs 'in the letter referring to the Syndicate proposed to consider the "Greek Question"' [see 101/99], he wishes his name to be added to the memorial.

Re plan to assist sculptors.

Experiments, calculations, diagrams, etc. running '26.2.1941' to '13.12.1942'.

A few calculations also at rear of book.

Mount Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill. - Thanks Trevelyan for his 'delightful present' ["The New Parsifal"?]; has just begun to read it and is finding it 'promising'; the printing is 'beautiful'.

Thorpeness, Suffolk. - Robert's poems ["From the Shiffolds"] were a 'delightful surprise': it is a great 'comfort... to turn away from the utterly beastly war to poetry, or music or the like'. The world is 'nearly intolerable' and the war 'seems quite interminable'; hopes it has not treated Robert 'too cruelly' and that he has not had too many doodlebugs. They [she and her friend Lady Dorothea Gibb] were 'on their route for many nights', and the guns against them 'made a devil of a row', but it has been more peaceful recently; she sees however that the death toll from the doodlebugs was 'dreadfully high' last month. Is glad Roger [her brother] is not here to 'endure it'. 'Poor Holland must be suffering terribly': expects the Trevelyans are 'longing for news', as she is herself of 'one dear friend there'. Sends some of her 'own products', though quite different to Robert's; he need not read or acknowledge them. Her anthology, "Ruth's Gleanings", is 'obstinately out of print like most books'. Hopes next year will bring 'a happier world in every sort of way'.

They are both [he and Georgie] wearing their 'flannel shirts now', which are 'very comfortable. The parson preached 'a Conservative speech about disestablishment (rather out of place where it was)', and they 'all laughed about it afterwards' since he 'kept calling the party for disestablishment robbers'. They had their paper-chase last Wednesday, but it rained [portion of text obscured by tape here]. Supposes everything will be taken to Grosvenor Crescent from Ennismore Gardens if the latter is to be let, and that it will be all right to send letters there. Does not think he needs 'anything particular'. Adds a postscript saying they are now reading Cicero and Horace; likes Cicero, though it is 'rather hard'.

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Good to hear that Julian is settled in his own nursery again; sure he remembers it 'as he notices so much'. Very glad that nurse [Mrs Catt] is really better, and hopes all will go well now. She and Sir George are settling down at Welcombe; they are alone till George and Janet come on Wednesday. Sir George says Elizabeth 'must not mind about paying'. Sends love to Bob, and says she 'will read the Medici letters [edited by Janet Ross] with much interest'. She and Sir George did not like the Post impressionists [the exhibition organised by Roger Fry at the Grafton Galleries] which 'leave the impression of a bad, & rather nasty dream, though [she] can see how clever some of it is'.

Daily Record, Evening News, Sunday Mail, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. - Did not introduce himself as they were surrounded; has paid tribute to Sir James and featured his speech [on being given the Freedom of Glasgow].

One complete typescript draft, corrected, of the French translation of the preface, with four copies of the first two pages.

Woodside, Cove, Dumbartonshire - Has received official word that Baldwin Spencer died of angina pectoris; will let him know about his notes when she hears more, thanks Frazer for offering to place his letters from Baldwin at their disposal, wonders if there is a book in them.

Accompanied by the envelope.

The British Institute, Paris - Sends his subscription to the bibliography.