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India Office.—Has just seen the Prime Minister, who has agreed to appoint Sinha as Under-Secretary, with a peerage, a decision which shows lack of foresight. The Prime Minister also, in Stamfordham’s presence, reluctantly agreed to mention the Indian legislation in the King’s speech.

Letter from N Stack, secretary of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, to J R M Butler enclosing the text of a resolution congratulating Oxford University on their admission of women as full members.

With map on verso of enemy defences opposite "B" divisional front showing area around Hamel from aeroplane photographs, by the E. A. V. Topo. Section.

100, Boulevard Pereire, XVIIe - Thanks him for the book 'Heures du Loisir'.

33 Ossington Street, Bayswater. - Sends the score and manuscript [her German translation of Trevelyan and Tovey's 'The Bride of Dionysus'] and asks Trevelyan to confirm receipt. Very good of Trevelyan to invite her to the Shiffolds again; would like to come, but finds it hard to make plans and fears she would not be able to help with recasting the poem. Would like to do some practical work, and has offered her help to one of the societies which tries to help 'foreign girls and women stranded here without friends owing to the war'; currently they have enough volunteers but may want more soon as 'the pressure of work is very heavy'. Would be a relief to do something. Feels that 'Germany has acted criminally and that she will have to suffer unspeakably for it'. Miss Weisse's conduct is 'extraordinary': for someone with heart disease to go into the 'middle of all the upset' sounds 'almost suicidal'. Asks to be remembered to Mr Tovey; is sorry that his plans for going abroad are now upset; he must be glad to have his Edinburgh work to look forward to. Sends love to Mrs Trevelyan and Julian.

Sheet of notes by Marie Busch on her translation of "The Bride of Dionysus".

13 Madingley Road - bookplate for Rosalind Murray, trying to think of a play to act at Christmas.

London - Printed letter, completed in manuscript, signed by Washington. WW elected a Member of the Royal Geographical Society.

With additional note from George's wife Sarah Anne Babington, née Pearson, to her father-in-law Thomas.

49 Doughty Street, London, W.C. -- Makes a detailed plan of steering the question of the tenure of fellowships through a general meeting, with suggestions for breaking it up into a series of propositions.

WW will not be able to return to Cambridge for the elections due to his ongoing experiment in Cornwall [with George Airy] to measure the density of the earth: 'So pray if you have an opportunity represent to the electioneering people how much more important it is that they should know the weight of the earth, on which all parties tread, than that the weight of Lord P.'s [Lord Palmerston] party should be increased by the addition of unit me' [Account of Experiments made at Dolcoath Mine in Cornwall, 1828]. WW and GA are underground between 8 to 11 hours and seldom dine before 11 or 12 at night. Could JCH assist him with unfinished tutorial business (applications and accounts) while he is away.

Public Record Office.—Discusses the arrangement of text.

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Public Record Office
7th Decr 1874

My dear Sir

I agree with you entirely that it would be better to have the notes at the foot of the page of the text to which they refer, but I think that additional lines, if numerous, would be best in an Appendix: this arrangement would represent the Cotton Ms.

Perhaps, however, it would be well, to have some portions set up in type: in one instance placing the notes and additional lines at the foot of the page, and in the other placing the notes only at the foot of the page, and giving intimation there that the additional lines will be in the Appendix.

Ever faithfully yours
T. Duffus Hardy

You had better adhere to the punctuation in the Ms. and discard the modern.

Embossed notepaper: 1 Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge.

12 Cork St, B[urlington] G[ardens], London. - Is recommending Thomas Hood's son Tom for a place at the Charterhouse; asks Milnes to use influence with Lord Wharncliffe or one of the other governors to secure presentation. Postscript. - Admires Lord Dudley Stuart's defence of the woman recently molested by the police - 'It is not by treating them as dogs, that we shall make them more like women'.