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Grateful for Milnes's note and many kindnesses; is sending a parcel home shortly and will include any items Milnes wishes to send north.

Gratitude for loan; begs secrecy; requests two tickets for the Polish Ball. Postscript: Milnes deserves the riches he denies possessing; 'I heard your Father had 20,0000£s a year'.

Weymouth. - Seeking a letter-carrier's place for Henry Holdgate, of 8 Upper George St, Bryanston Square, where Cameron's mother is lodging; Holdgate's business of carving and gilding disagrees with him and his mother reports other family afflictions; would Milnes approach Col. Maberly or Lord Lonsdale; encloses documents; asks Warburton's present address; 'the hubbub of Corn Laws and Irish Coercion bill have eclipsed other matters; asks if Milnes mentioned him to Gladstone; still ready for the Colonies if wanted. [Contains note by Milnes ? for Commonplace Book]. Enclosure: testimonial, 17 Apr. 1846, for Henry Holdgate by Count Baptiste Metaxa, 1 Montague Place, Montague Square [written in 3rd person].

Portland Terrace, Winchester [paper embossed with lion's head and the motto Esse quam videri]. - Has left Winton with her husband; they seek a curacy where a few pupils could be taught; cannot earn by drawing as her sight has been impaired by illness. Glad to hear of Robert's success; 'My dear father [Charles Alexander Johns of Winton House School] was so proud of him'. Her mother likes being back at Winton; her young brother has had rheumatism and must leave Harrow because of its clay soil. Requests a photograph.

Also some notes on classical texts/history.

Includes Timberland near Lincoln; Hunslet (Leeds); Penistone near Sheffield.

Includes photographs of Otto Hahn receiving the Fermi Award.

(Two messages.)

On the spine is stamped ‘Berryana’.

Largely drawn from Fitzgerald's letters, with dates.

Signed by Leonard Woolf for the Hogarth Press and by R. C. Trevelyan.

With monogram HPC and motto 'Mens sana in corpore sano'. - Quotes the first line of Virgil's "Aeneid" to begin an account of a fight between his house and the 'Vannites', in which he, [Harold?] Sandilands and [Claude] Rome were involved, and the ensuing talk from Bowen who 'dwelt on his own sacrifices for the house', which George knows more of than most, and 'the bitterness of his disappointment'; George was very touched, and this is the only aspect which grieves him. Expects he will lose his monitorship.

Newspaper cuttings with reviews, most sent to Trevelyan by Durrant's Press Cuttings Agency' from: the "New Statesman" [a brief laudatory mention in the "Spring List" by 'D. M.' - Desmond MacCarthy]; "Times Literary Supplement" [also reviewing a translation of Ferenc Békássy's poems]; "Nation and Athenaeum" [by Robert Graves; date not present but 2 May 1905; also reviewing works by Békássy, H. H. Abbott, Maurice Baring, Lord Gorell, Nancy Cunard, Emily Dickinson, and Edwin Muir]; "Observer" [also reviewing works by Cunard, Muir, and Norman Gale]; "Manchester Guardian"; "Daily News". Also a cutting from the "Daily Herald", 5 June 1923, in which a reader notes the common theme between Trevelyan's "Oaks and Caterpillars", printed in the paper three days earlier, and works by John Gay.

Notes on several events during the Franco-Prussian war, with several maps [ff 1-32]; reference to 'Mr [Edward] Bowen' being in Paris at the time suggests that the lectures were delivered by him during Trevelyan's schooldays at Harrow, 1886-1890 [f 31].

Translation, at the other end of the book, by Trevelyan of Lucretius Book III [of "De Rerum Natura"], lines 161-685, written on recto of folia with corrections and annotations, some in red and blue pencil, on facing page [63r-32v]

Extracts copied by Trevelyan from Layamon's "Brut"; blank verse retelling of the story of Siddhartha; "Everyman, Scene I" with characters Worldly Wiseman and Fight-the-good-fight, both on recto with corrections and additions on facing page.

From the back of the book inwards: extracts from the "Buddha Carita or the Life of the Buddha", translated by E. B. Cowell, on Siddhartha's 'Four Sights' [unlike Trevelyan's hand, and possibly copied out by Gordon Luce?]; retelling of Siddhartha's story in rhyming verse, on recto with corrections and additions on facing page.

(Dated at Tokyo.)

Harnham, Monument Green, Weybridge. - Has been visiting the Dakyns family and is 'so sorry to hear about [Bob's son] Paul'; hopes that he will get well soon at Broadstairs. Has been meaning to write for a long time to say 'how good' he thinks "Sisyphus", and how much it made him laugh; liked Hypnos's appearance best; thought his remarks 'seemed so true' that those of Thanatos - [annotation above, perhaps in Trevelyan's hand, 'Time?']- which were 'presumably meant to be more true... did seem deal and second hand mahogany in comparison'. Calls Aphrodite and Artemis 'two dears'; the chorus made him 'faint with joy'. They are returning the 'Italy book', which his mother 'could scarcely bear to part with', and 'have put "Don't forward"'.

King's College, Cambridge. - Has read Bob's translation [of parts of the "Oresteia"] with the 'utmost enthusiasm': thinks it gives 'a far better notion of Aeschylus' than any other version, and is just what they want for their acting edition: hopes that he will allow them to use it and finish the translation for this purpose. Expects they will lose money on printing, but willing to 'make some bargain' [sign a contract?] in case it sells. Would like to print this vacation; asks when Bob could finish; thinks they might start printing the "Agamemnon" then continue as the other two parts are finished; will arrange it with the [Cambridge University] Press if Bob consents. Sends copy of the text [no longer present] marked with the cuts for their performance; except in the "Agamemnon", has also marked textual points, but Bob will generally get their text 'via Headlam's prose crib'. Lists the cuts to the "Agamemnon" for their performance below the main body of the letter, with the 'very few places' where he thinks some change will be necessary to Bob's translation. Does not really want to discuss these with Bob, as he is very busy; thinks they are 'not many, nor very important for practical acting purposes'. Says that the chorus in the "Choephoroe" are 'savage creatures, oriental slaves, not sympathetic young ladies'. Explains his analysis of Athena's vote in favour of Orestes in the "Eumenides". Some of his suggested changes relate to different versions of the Greek text, so different translations or interpretations. The Greek is quoted. Notes that it would be possible to print Bob's version with the difference only coming in performance.

House of Commons. - Has been speaking to Mr [Robert?] Reid: Bob should write to the Secretary of the Inner Temple to say that Reid has promised to introduce him to the Inn; Sir George will send him a cheque for any money he needs to deposit. Will be glad for Bob to go to Venice at Easter as long as he travels comfortably. Is writing 'on [his] knee on the Treasury Bench' so cannot write more.

Produced by the E. A. V. Topographical Section, with note in corner in J.R.M.B.'s hand, "Produced by 5th Aust. Div."

The Grove, Watford. Is unwilling to divulge the nature of the tie between candidates for headship.

Draft poems in English and Latin.

description of the journey from London to Brindisi, Paris, Milan, Venice