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States that 'Monday 16th to Wed 18th' would suit him and Nora 'excellently', except that he is occupied on Tuesday evening from 8.30 onwards. Asks him to write or telegraph if the above is not a reason for choosing other days, and Nora will write to Mr T[ ] immediately. Announces that they have room for Myers if he does not mind a very small room.

Metelliano. - Has been unable to write to Trevelyan, who has been to Wallington, sooner due to travel and congresses. Was a pleasure to spend time at the Shiffolds with him and Bessie, and to find him better than expected; also enjoyed his time in Edinburgh and Holland, though nothing about his three days in Belgium pleased him. Was summoned home due to a sudden deterioration in Ebe's sight; is afraid she is going blind. Going to stay with B.B. [Berenson] at Vallombrosa, where he will see Kenneth Clark, then will go to Rome. Has read Gathorne Hardy's book on Logan [Pearsall Smith]; thought it interesting and probably truthful, but that Gathorne Hardy did not come across very well, and that there was 'something peevish and not quite crystalline' in his attitude.

Aulla. - Thanks his mother for her letter [10/44]; she must now be 'pretty well satisfied with the elections'; thinks 'even George can't be so very pessimistic'. They only know the result up to Monday. London 'seems to be playing up well': if the counties follow, 'there won't be much of an opposition left'. It will be a 'great responsibility for the Government', as they are not likely to have such a chance again. Hopes they will 'prepare for a House of Lords campaign': thinks the Liberals should 'ask leave to settle the business of the House of Lords' in the next election campaign, as no doubt the Lords will have 'by then made themselves unpopular by rejecting [Liberal] bills'; also 'to settle Ireland once and for all' and to 'pass a general reform bill on the lines of one man one vote, one vote one value'. All these things 'hang together', and he does not think any one can pass by itself, but together they might 'carry the next election'. Hopes the Liberal candidate at Stratford [Malcolm Kincaid-Smith] will win.

'C[harles] and M[olly]'s paper' has just arrives and 'looks amusing', but he has 'hardly read it yet'. Sends thanks to his father for his letter [12/91], to which he will reply soon. Today it is the festa of Sant Antonio: passing through Aulla this morning he saw the piazza 'crowded with the whole population, both of human beings and of beasts, horses, mules, donkeys and cows' waiting for the priests to bless the beasts. Is getting on quite well with his opera libretto [The Bride of Dionysus]; Bessie is very well.

Had to leave quite suddenly: does hope to see Trevelyan in London. Adds 'My address' next to '114 Grosvenor Road, SW', printed on the front of the card.

War Department, Washington - Has read his anthropological questions, is publishing a volume with some answers and will send it to him ['Notes on the Cosmogony and Theogony of the Mojave Indians of the Rio Colorado, Arizona?]; answers his question about whether Eagles kept in cages are maintained by the members of the Eagle Clan - has evidence they are not; praises 'Totemism'.

Accompanied by the envelope redirected from Trinity College to 15 Albany St, Edinburgh.

27 Abingdon Street, London, S.W.1. - Asks for news of them from Zurich.

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Likes to think of Elizabeth in Ravello. Has been very busy since coming to Welcombe on 3 January; has been arranging a room for her own use in the mornings, which is 'quite comfortable' though has 'no view' and, currently, a 'hideous paper'. The Arthur Sidgwicks and their daughter [Ethel] came on Monday, Sidney Lee joined them. On Wednesday the library opened; has sent Elizabeth a Stratford paper with a report. The ceremony was 'nicely arranged' and went well; likes the building, which is in keeping with the surroundings. [Andrew] Carnegie gave the building and fittings, which are 'in good taste', then maintenance of the building will come from rates, and there is a subscription fund for buying books. Hopes it will 'do good': there is 'room for "sweetness & light" in Stratford'. Miss Corelli did not appear but 'must be very angry'; is sure she will 'do something malicious'. Mary Booth says in a letter that Charles will probably bring Meg to Elizabeth; gave a 'cheerful' account of the family. Is going to London on Monday, and will spend the evening with Janet. Pleased to hear Mrs Enticknap has had a little girl [named May]; has sent her a coat and hood. Has never read [Stendhal's] "Le Rouge et le Noir", but knows "La Chartreuse [de Parme]". Has Madame [Juliette] Adam's memoirs, and has been 'delighting in Burne-Jones life [by his wife]'. Hope Robert's work is going well; asks whether they are continuing their translation; whether the road is mended yet, and whether the Capucini Hotel at Amalfi goes on 'as before'. They are taking a trip to Rome next winter. Sir George is well; he took a week's break from his book, 'travelling & doing his speech', and now happily at work on it again. C[harles] and M[ary] are at Cambo; they celebrated their wedding anniversary by catching the train to Woodburn and walking back by Sweethope Lake, and enjoyed this 'immense expedition' very much.

1p. ms. list of topics, probably for lectures given in 1966.

Minden Barracks, Deepcut, Surrey. Methods of passing the time, leave in England, Strachey's 'Eminent Victorians'.

4 Lyall Street, Belgrave Square - Queries the custom of the severed dog that an army marched between after the peace was made, has asked [William] Ridgeway and [Charles] Hagberg Wright; also mentions the custom of burning rue to avoid the evil eye; would like to meet him.

Introduces his cousin George Strachey, who is about to become a member of Trinity.

Enclosing copy of Greek lines by Henry Babington Smith.

The first 15 letters are by A. P. Rollett; the rest are by his son J. M. Rollet, who continued the correspondence after his father's death in July 1968. A few of the letters by J. M. Rollett bear annotations by G. K. Batchelor.

Trinity College, Cambridge. - Has given Fulcher King's instructions; discussion of patterns for new paper for King's front sitting room. Has also asked Hitzman to remove King's clocks to prevent their being 'damaged by dust and by being handled unintelligently'.

'Prior has bought a horse in the existence of which I did not for a long time believe. I suggested that it must be a rocking horse... but at last Hughes has been out for a ride with him and seen that the animal is really in being, In going through Haslingfield all the children turned out to see him'.