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Urges the rebuilding of a church in the parish of St Catherine's in Gloucester. The parish has been without a church since the siege of Gloucester in 1643

Gwalior Hotel. Gwalior. - Arrived here yesterday and leave tomorrow, probably for Ch[h]atarpur as guests of the Rajah, a 'great reader of Marie Corelli and Herbert Spencer'; hope to see a city near the capital where there are 'some fine Hindu temples' [Khajuraho?]. They are waiting from a letter from the Rajah and may not go at all; will go straight to Benares if so, then on to Gaya and Calcutta. They went up to the Fort this morning on an elephant; it is 'best to take a sea-sick remedy before starting', and he walked most of the way back. They saw some fine temples and a palace; the 'rock is rather like Orvieto, only larger' and the surrounding countryside is 'more beautiful' than North India usually seems to be. Tomorrow, they will be given a tour of the Maharaja's palace by his finance minister Sultan Ahmed Khan, a Muslim alumnus of Christ's Cambridge, who is married to an English lady. They have just heard from the Rajah of Chatarpur that he can be their host, so expects to reach Benares about Monday or Tuesday next week. Had a 'cheerful letter from Bessie' in the Netherlands by the last mail; the Bottomleys are 'comfortably settled in the Shiffolds'. Does not know when Bessie will go north again, but supposes she will fetch Julian back before long. Has been reading the [Robert Louis] Stevenson letters which his mother gave him; glad he kept them till now; thinks he likes the letters better than any of Stevenson's books. They make him want to be in England or on the Mediterranean 'a little too much', though he is having a 'splendid time' and is glad he came, since he 'certainly shall never come here again'. Still possible he may have a few weeks in Japan before his return, in which case they [he and Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson] would only stop a few days in China, at Hong Kong then Shanghai. Hopes the food at the Rajah's will be good, as they 'have not had very pleasant experience of Indian dinners so far'; he was quite ill after a dinner in Delhi. Sends love to his father and Julian; will write next mail from Benares.

(Copy of A2/8/5, cut from a larger document.)

Open defiance of authority is widespread, and civil disobedience is being talked of and has actually been practised for some time. The religious fanaticism of Mohammedans is being fanned by peripatetic speakers. Things have been fairly quiet at Calcutta, but within the last two days two Indian women have again begun to collect crowds and organise demonstrations.

Refers to A3/27/8. Civil disobedience at Bardoli has not yet started, and the Congress Committee meeting at Surat has requested persons throughout the province to pay taxes, except in cases where Gandhi’s consent has been obtained for suspension, in preparation for mass civil disobedience. This is apparently because Malaviya, Jinnah, and others are trying to persuade Gandhi to postpone civil disobedience until the question of a conference is cleared up. He is preparing an answer to the secretaries of the Bombay Conference, who have asked him what his objections are to a conference are, as they desire to meet them, and he also has some letters from Gandhi, which he has postponed answering. Montagu should do as he thinks right about the Cabinet. The only point of difference between the Government of Bombay and the Government of India was that the latter did not wish Gandhi to be prose-cuted for seditious statements made at the Bombay conference when it was clear that he was about to declare for civil disobedience. Confirms his objections to deporting Gandhi. Recent reports indicate that Gandhi is trying to find a way out of civil disobedience. The Bombay Government have not yet sent a definite answer about the prosecution of Mohani. Public meetings for civil disobedience may be prohibited either under the Seditious Meetings Act or the Criminal Procedure Code.

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(Refers to a letter by Dirac published in Nature on 20 Feb.)

No. 276 of 'Les Nouvelles littéraires'.

12 Beaufort Gardens, S.W.3. - Is sorry he cannot go to Sir James' lecture on the 25th.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Did not know W. J. Perry had delivered a Frazer lecture, has never heard him say a word against Frazer, is sorry the lecture won't be included in the volume [of Frazer Lectures he is editing], will list it in the Introduction; is making Rivet's footnotes uniform, see that Rivet adopted the diffusion theory in his lecture; believes some controversy is good in a book as long as it is not personal as Marett's lecture was [about Elliot Smith]; does not think there is a need for galley proofs but could save money by going straight to page-form.

The Physical Laboratories, The University, Manchester - The Chairman of Council, Arthur Worthington, would like to have them as guests during their visit; will ask the Vice Chancellor about broadcasting and publication; will investigate Sir Robert Mond's claim about the publication of the letters.

Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition, 1902, Gresham Chambers, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton. - Returns Trevelyan's French books with many thanks; has not finished Verlaine but will have no time to read as the rest of his time in Wolverhampton must be spent packing up the pictures from the exhibition; prays they do not smash as any accident will delay his departure. The proofs of his book ["Salt-Water Ballads"] are now corrected and it will be out soon; suspects it will not sell well.

30 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, W. - Was wrong to be happy yesterday; [Helen] was much worse last night and is to be taken today to an asylum. Advises Trevelyan to still 'bluff it out' though he does not expect this will be any good. 42 Mecklenburgh Sq [home of the Cromptons] is the best address for him.

Northlands, Englefield Green, Surrey. - Is delighted that Trevelyan agrees to with his suggested alterations to the third act [of "The Bride of Dionysus"] as he suggested, and with the improvements to them; feels the new Dionysus speech still needs a little work and makes some suggestions; is also not sure what Trevelyan has left of the passage about Phaedra in his type-copy and discusses this section. Would like to take the themes from the overture from this section. Asks for a list of points which defining the time in the prison-scene. More suggestions about Ariadne's third act speech. The pine tree will offer opportunities for the scene painter.

Anthems by Aldrich, Barrett, Blow, Clarke, Croft, Goldwin, Hall, Hawkins, Humfrey, Jackson, Purcell, Tudway, Turner, Weldon, Williams, and Wise.

The original index for the front is now pasted on inside the front cover. Anthems are bound from the front and from the back; the paper is uniform, with 12 six-line (front) and five-line (back) to a page.

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Front
p. 3: Mr Wise, 'Blessed is he'
p. 4: Mr Jackson, 'The Lord said unto my Lord'
p. 6: Dr Tudway, 'Thou O Lord'
p. 11: [Aldrich], 'I am well pleased'
p. 15: [Turner], 'Lord thou hast been our refuge'
p. 20: Mr Jer. Clark, 'I will love thee O Lord'
p. 25: Dr Turner, 'The Lord is righteous' (also copied pp. 8, 28)
p. 29: Mr Hawkins, 'Arise O Lord'
p. 32: Mr Hall, 'By the waters of Babylon'
p. 36: Mr Goldwin, 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. 40: Mr Goldwin, 'O be joyfull'
p. 46: Dr Croft, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 50: [Aldrich], 'O Lord I have heard thy voice'
p. 55: Dr Croft, ['We will rejoice in thy salvation']
p. 59: [Wise], 'How are the mighty fallen' (beginning only)
p. 62: [Blow], 'Turn thee unto me O Lord'
p. 65: [Blow], 'My beloved spake and said'
p. 70: Dr Croft, 'The Lord is king'
p. 75: Dr Blow, Dr Turner and Mr Humphrys, 'I will allways give thanks'
p. 78: Mr Thomas Williams, 'O clap your hands'
p. 82: Mr Purcell, 'The Lord is king'

[back]
p. 1: Mr Crofts, 'The earth is the Lord's' (also copied p. 34)
p. 5: Mr Crofts, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 8: Dr Turner, 'The Lord is righteous' (also copied pp. 25, 28)
p. 12: Dr Aldrich, 'I am well pleased'
p. 15: Mr Jer. Clarke, 'Praise the Lord O Jerusalem'
p. 16: Mr Barrett, 'O sing unto the Lord a new song' (incomplete)
p. 22: [Weldon], ['O Lord rebuke me not']
p. 26: Mr H. Purcell, 'Thy way O God'
p. 28: Dr Turner, 'The Lord is righteous' (also copied pp. 8, 25)
p. 34: [Croft, 'The earth is the Lord's'] (incomplete, also copied p. 1)
p. 38: ——, 'My heart is inditing'

Roos Hall, Beccles.—Thanks him for the copy of Prior’s lines. Baldry (a servant) calls bulrushes ‘poker docks’.

(Written some time between the writer’s marriage to F. W. D. Robinson on 17 October 1893 and the death of Aldis Wright’ on 19 May 1914.)

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Roos Hall, Beccles
Sunday

Dear Dr Aldis Wright

Many thanks for the copy of Prior’s lines which I hope Fred will not forget again. Baldry called the bulrushes “Poker docks” & seemed surprised I did not know what he meant, I never heard the word before. He comes from Kirby Cane & I often notice he uses queer words—they may be his own invention.

Yours sincerely
Annie M. Robinson

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{1} Charles Baldry, who was born at Kirby Cane in 1843 but was living at Beccles at the time of the 1891 census, when he was described as ‘Groom & Gardiner. Domestic Serv.’ All his children, the youngest of whom was eight, were also born at Kirby Cane.