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7 Rue Lincoln VIIIe - Is pleased to hear of the success in Oxford, and that 'Anthologia Anthropologica' is selling well; discusses the displeasing article by van Gennep, reassures her he couldn't affect the reputation of Sir James, and the 'Mercure' is not the first authority in anthropology.

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

Muckleneuk, 220 Marriott Road, Durban, S. Africa - Thanks Frazer for the copy of 'Native races of Africa and Madagascar', is specialising on the 'Native Question', hopes to establish a Zulu Chair at Natal University.

37 Weetwood Lane, Leeds. - Is glad Trevelyan approves of the book ["The Idea of Great Poetry"?] in the main; is in the middle of "Thamyris" [Trevelyan's "Thamyris: or, Is There a Future for Poetry?"] and finding it excellent. The Abercrombies go to Anglesey tomorrow but will be back before the 16th and delighted to have Trevelyan with them.

British Legation, Berne - Had thought of calling on them, but thought Sir James' health would not allow this, hopes to meet her presently, and will go see the exhibition of Sir James' work.

With carbon copy of letter from R. A. Butler to M.B. Hunter, 18 Jan. 1957

On retirement pensions

On Sir Reay Geddes

Asking for suggestions for an M.P. to write a regular column on Parliament for the Guardian and Church Quarterly Review

Application to join Army Officers Emergency Reserve. With carbon copy of letter from R. A. Butler to R.C. Budge, 12 Aug. 1940.

On M.I. Saigol's application

Went to see 'Amadeus' in Chichester, as Paul [Scofield] had finished at the National before his return to England; admires the production, directing by Paul Giovanni and acting by Keith Michell.

Letters by: 'Squadron Leader' dated 3 Sept; 'Wynford', dated 3 Sept.; 'F. A. M.', dated 4 Sept.

WW is pleased to hear that JCH is much better. WW wants him to cast his thoughts back to etymologies: 'You will still recollect with pleasure our old Etymological Society of (I think) 1832, though so many of the members have been called away from this world of words to the realities beyond the grave. I want to send a few memoranda respecting that Society to the existing Philological Society of London' [Philological Society, No. 117, Vol. V, Feb. 20, 1852].

7 C. St. & T. - Acknowledges receipt of Whewell's paper. Whewell's 'conception of objective must be subjective, these words make a crabbed question'. De Morgan would like nothing more than 'to give impulse to the making of words - if I were etymologist enough'. He has always liked the phrases 'vitreous and resinous electricity - they express one fact and no theory'. He thinks 'retinal and radial' would do to describe 'the action of rays on the retina, as an easily perceptible instance of an external agent and a produced condition'. If we admit objective 'is it likely that the ordinary antithesis of language should express an antithesis which people in general never think of'. He thinks 'objective and reflective might be made to do - but the idea we want is not that of turned back, but roused by means of, state produced by the suggestion of'.