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Written by his father [? or by his mother Emma Blackburne]. News of his birth. 'My Papa was away when I was born, which I did not think attentive of him, but I hope he will make it up afterwards, by paying up debts, when I leave the University'.

Aldeburgh - Has been to Rome with his wife, went to the Mithraic Temple at San Clemente, had many talks with Father Delaney; writes of the state of religion: thinks the church is stagnating; thinks politicians should take a course in the study of anthropology, adding the study of heredity; thinks Dean Inge in his 'Outspoken Essays' understands the times, and admires his 'Idea of Progress'; Bury's book of the same name claims that 'the number of civilizations which have reached a given stage and gone under, is beyond compute'; agrees that Germany should pay for her 'brigandage' but thinks money should be advanced to pay the miners to dig the coal that France needs; Frazer writes of [Oliver] Lodge and [Arthur Conan] Doyle, and Clodd quotes Sir Bryan Donkin that he classes Doyle among the 'mentally defective'; he is publishing a book 'Magic in Names'; wonders if Frazer is going to supplement 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' as Frazer has said that it hung on the issue of a book by a French scholar on the early history of Christianity; asks if Frazer has examined the evidence advanced by Prof. Elliot Smith on the origin of Pre-Columbian civilization, backed by [W. H. R.] Rivers in [A. H.] Keane's Man Past and Present' and quotes [A.C.] Haddon; finds as he gets older the more he values an open mind; the servant problem not helped by the promising house maid who hid her pregnancy and gave birth in the middle of the night.

Letter from Reay dated 10 Apr. 1917

A clipping sent by H. W. Underwood, from 'The Graphic' of September 9, 1905 depicting a rain-making rite.

Since returning to England from Paris she has been very busy with various activities, which delayed her writing to Mary. It is very pleasant being settled in their own house in Cambridge, even though it is only a temporary one. Asks Mary when she intends to come to stay with her and Henry. They have got a cook, who is coming to them on 9 May for a month's trial period. Hopes that William and Isabel have arrived and are well, and sends her and Henry's love to them. Wishes that they could both come to see them, but is glad that William can see Mary. Adds that the cruet stand they want is a stand for oil and vinegar and sauces, and on the strength of what Mary said, Nora chose one in London that cost £7 or £8. Asks if they may wait about 'the other things' like china and glass, until they move into their new house, as they have the use of the Fawcett's things in the house where they are at present living. Sends a photograph of herself [not included], and explains that Henry's have not yet come. They only came to Cambridge from London the previous morning, but visited for a day the previous week as Henry had an examiners' meeting. Thinks the decoration of the house in which they are now living would amuse Mary; describes the drawing room, which they do not much like.

VI Diaphora mendica CL. and var. rustica Hb

'Lymphoma Papers (B.J.C. & J.E.M.)' 1964
'Plate for slides of Burkitt's 1961 Lecture notice'
'Plate of J233 child from slide 39'

Brasted - RJ cannot get to London at the time WW mentions but will be at home. He wants John Malcolm to answer a few queries about Persia.

50 New Bond Street. - The pianist and composer Mr Osborne wishes to publish an adaptation of Milnes' poem 'I wandered by the Brookside' if Mrs Maberly does not have exclusive copyright. Chappell has heard the song performed with great success; will forward manuscript. Letter written in 3rd person.

(There are two cuttings, one containing a notice of the publication of Preston’s Picture of Yarmouth in 1819, the other an account of his installation as Mayor of Yarmouth on 2 Oct. 1828.)

Announces that at the quarterly meeting of the Council of the British Economic Association, he was asked on their behalf to express to Nora Sidgwick their sense of the great loss that they have suffered 'by the death of Professor Sidgwick, who was from the outset a member of [the] Council, a contributor to the Economic Journal, and generally one of [their] most valued supporters'; Sidgwick also presided over their last Annual Meeting and Dinner in March 1900. Reports that an obituary notice is being prepared for the December number of the Economic Journal, or which a copy shall be sent to her. Adds that the Council wish him to express their sympathy to her in her bereavement.

Translation into English of Plautus Captivi, lines 263-284. Note on back. '1853. Plautus. E. W. Benson. 15'.

(Printed proofs, corrected by hand.)

The first entry is dated October 1910, but most of the subsequent entries are undated.
In his autobiography (A.4) Thomson recalls that he and five others went to G.A. Herman three times a week for private coaching. `It cost nine guineas a term, quite a sum in those days ... The coaching was really a set of lectures, but examples were set and each morning he went through those set last time ... The actual lecture was given fairly fast and our notes were often incomplete, but we used to meet afterwards in someone's rooms and learned a lot in the process of sorting them out. If the lectures had been free we should probably not have taken this trouble, to our loss.'

Extract from Life of Nelson.