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North Lakhimpur, Assam, India - Heard him speak at Liverpool about how the tribes in the northeast of India needed observation, and was given his Anthropological Questions pamphlets; asks for more; Captain [G A?] Nevill, the Political officer of the district, is writing about these tribes. Encloses photos of some of the people from the Dakla Mountains, Greater Tibet [not present: these photographs are probably those housed in the Papers of Sir James George Frazer FRAZ/21/90-91].

St John Ackers' memory "cannot be relied upon", CJM received a complete retraction of allegations made by Ackers in 1881, CJM will not stand as a Gladstone Liberal, the Liberal 200 have supplanted him with a local Alderman [T Robinson,], to go to Egypt

Thanks for news from Gloucester, encloses packet to be forwarded to Norfolk

34A Via Porta Pinciana, The Times, Roma - Apologises for not writing, Madame Rose has not had time; have been driven by [E. B.?] work, shan't be in England before August 15, leave them out of household calculations, they shall 'bohemianize' when they come.

Letter from Savoy Place nr. St. Neots.

Edinburgh - Thanks WW for his work on induction in answer to John S. Mill ['Of Induction, with Especial Reference to Mr. J. Stuart Mill's System of Logic', 1850]. Further to their work on revising the recommendations of the mathematics and physics section of the BAAS [see JDF to WW,12 Dec. 1849], JDF thinks it important that new experiments in the area of heat should be devised - as suggested by Philip Kelland's report 'On the Theory of Heat' (1841). JDF is undecided whether he will remain this year for the BAAS meeting, since he is very keen to embark on a continental trip. Murchison [Roderick Murchison] has written to him with suggestions on how best to spend the recent £1000 left to the Royal Society.

12 Savile Row - BCB would like the opportunity to see WW for a 'few minutes' either today or tomorrow.

Concerns Of the Plurality of Worlds.

House of Commons - difficulty in finding a "well qualified man for the post", favourable description of Donne, Heaps does not wish to direct his studies in the direction that the post requires

Explains that he has been in bed since he received Sidgwick's note, and would have acknowledged it sooner otherwise. Thanks him for giving him 'an early intimation of the proposal made by the Council of the Senate; and also for the manifestation of sympathetic feeling contained' in his expressions. Regrets that he cannot respond in the way Sidgwick would like him to.

Thanks Sidgwick very much for offering to propose him as a member of the Dining Club, and asks clarification on some of the rules of membership. Encloses a letter from Tawney [not included]. He also received a letter from 'A. J. P.' [Patterson] Reports that he went with Payne to see Conklin, and has also seen Wilkinson, who gave him an introduction to [Home]. Asks Sidgwick how he is to return his two books to him. Refers to Sidgwick's 'prophecy about the Oriel fellowship' being fulfilled, and reports that his 'people' are due back the following week. In relation to the war he writes that he has heard that Francis Joseph Maximilian and Napoleon have agreed that Mexico is not to recognize the Confederate States; expresses regret at this news 'because it may prolong the war'. Declares that he is making 'a collection of tit-bits of atrocity for [his] future history' including Colonel Dahlgren's instructions, and also 'a choice morsel from New O.' Sends his love to Arthur.

Letter of acceptance for the 1905 Apostles' dinner.