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Section on the Epstein-Barr virus

Letter from L. N. Guillemard dated 5 Dec. 1894.

Brighton - RJ has only just 'got your pages yesterday as I was starting for this place where I cannot read them attentively' ['On the Fundamental Antithesis of Philosophy', Trans. of the Cambridge Phil. Soc., 1844]. Charlotte Jones is here ill. From what RJ has seen of WW's work he thinks 'the discussion is (at least the greater part of it) rapidly resolving itself into one of phraseology - fundamental belief - or laws of of the activity of the intellect no one objects to. The unlucky word necessary coming after these is the stumbling block necessary [']these beng admitted['] is what we want a phrase to express and to ordinary readers the naked word conveys a further indefinite necessity which staggers them'. The 'ideas suggested by fundamental laws of belief which are at the bottom of and must sustain the various sciences you justly treat as what it must be useful and deeply interesting to study and you do yourself no more than justice in claiming to have made studies here but you will get scant justice on this point from men who are choaking with the bitter necessary you are making them swallow against their will and habits'. They all had a good time at the Herschels - John Herschel is looking better than he has for at least 2 or 3 years.

One of a set of eight testimonial letters printed when Frazer was an applicant for the Chair of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen: notes his excellence is not because of training in an English Public School but because of his own work and love of learning; his dissertation for the fellowship was 'masterly'. Accompanied by a duplicate.

Association Guillaume Budé, 157 Boul. Saint-Germain, Paris - Announces he has been proposed, with Rudyard Kipling, as docteur honoris causa of the Université de Paris; it is not yet official and he should consider the communication confidential.

69 Tiemann Place, New York - Is writing a book on the ancient Greek world and asks Frazer to contribute a short essay on the influence of the ancient Greeks on the modern world.

A calculation of the lifespans of the descendants of Adam, with an invitation to 'make any use of the distressing discovery that you please' [perhaps for Trevelyan's poem "The Deluge"?]

Originally enclosing a letter for Julian which arrived that morning. Will arrive in Paris at 5.40 pm; Julian need not meet him at the station, and he will go straight to the [Hotel] Londres.

[On headed notepaper for 40 Ennismore Gardens, SW]. Thanks his parents for their letters. Mr Arnold is 'getting much better'; Robert has been working with him for the last week on his Greek and Latin Prose. Robert's mother asked in her last letter when she could next visit; asks his father to tell her that Mr Arnold will not be well enough for about a fortnight, and Robert will let her know when he has recovered sufficiently. G[eorge] is 'getting on very well'. Has just finished reading a book called The Carved Cartoon [by Austin Clare] about the plague and fire of London. Is glad Charlie has returned to school and is all right.

'Calculations using method of "killing htpy groups"...'.

Later typescript draft of a lecture given from notes.

Contains correspondence with A.A. Ware, T.E. Allibone and D. Fry (Thomson's carbons only), and a copy of the first three monthly reports on 'Gaseous Discharges Research at A.E.I. Research Laboratory', 16 August-16 November 1951

Ms. notes and draft.

Trinity College - WW thinks RJ's preface is excellent and has given it to the printers ['An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth, and on the Sources of Taxation: Part 1. - Rent', 1831]. As to the latter pages WW advises RJ to 'remodel the last two pages (no more) or omit them'. He thinks 'the account of your part of the country is as bad as it can be among people pretending to an established order of society...However never despair - we will live through the storm and teach the world wise things when the winds have lulled again'.

Trin Coll: - Briefly describes documents in the letter-writer's office concerning the Royal visits in the 17th and early 18th centuries.

Unthank's Road, Norwich.

Bout of influenza in the locality, J H Monk to should appoint a secretary

Work at the Hower Mission, Frederick [Mayor] promoted at school, petitions for closing the Post Office on Sundays: Clare House, Hampstead

1 p. letter about the collation of a book, with notes on verso and note at top that it was answered by CBH [Cecil Baldwin Hurry].

Written from The Admiralty.