Trinity College. Encloses his Latin inscriptions for Prior and Sedley Taylor, noting his use of the nominative case as Sedley Taylor is not declinable and the debate over the declinability of Prior would "excite acrimonious controversy."
Down Farnborough, Kent. Discusses the difference between two genuses of barnacle, Chthamalus and Balanus and mentions specimens sent, and encloses a drawing of the two; has been going through Thompson's collection and finds it admirable. Comments on Thompson's book, does not like the separation of English and Latin text. Recommends a book by E. S. Dixon on poultry as it is very good and amusing. Is headed to Malvern to try a water cure.
A document dated 28 Aug. 1849 and sent on to Trinity dated 10 June 1850 lists five items donated to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College by Thomas Kidd, and encloses the original grant of the office of Master to Richard Bentley, with the letter from Thomas Thorpe to Kidd dated 8 Feb. 1830 by which he presented it to Thorpe. Some of the books donated carried annotations by Richard Porson.
Sends a list of engraved gems found in ancient tombs at different places in Cyprus and now in the Cesnola collection of the New York Museum of Art.
Offering his collected works to the College.
Relating to the gift of a portrait of Bishop Hacket to Trinity College Cambridge.
Offering a photograph of a Greek manuscript of the Athanasian Creed in St Mark's Library, Venice to the College, with explanation of its source; copy of a letter by Rawdon Brown on 'the remaining seven photographs'.
R. N. Office, 22 Silver Street, Cambridge. Thanks them for their kindness and hospitality and for making him an honorary member of the High Table.
Accompanying a medal in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
Regarding memorials to A. J. Butler and his work on the Gioliti Press.
Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum. Clarifies that the electrotype of which the library sent him a rubbing is not a coin of Offa, but a silver penny of Aethilheard, Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of Offa.
Two letters to the Master, both 12 Feb. 1861 in which he requests permission to consult the Capell collection of Shakespeariana at the library; envelope recording those who have seen the letters, with dates from 15-18 Feb.; two copies of a letter to the Master and Fellows dated 11 May 1861 asking them to reconsider their refusal of permission.
The Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House W.1. Concerns the proposal that an exchange be effected: seals in the College's possession which should be placed in the British Museum in exchange for an 18th century quadrant previously in the College's possession bought by Sir Hercules Read.
Thrumpton Hall, Derby. He has read the article, and states that the separation of Lord and Lady Byron had nothing to do with Lord Lovelace's allegations. "As far as Lady Byron is concerned I do not think there is any reason why the poet should not have a bust in the Abbey."
Royal Observatory Greenwich SE. Does not have time to sit for a photograph.
The fourth notebook of four into which Ramanujan's Notebook 2 was copied by an unidentified person, catalogued as Add.Ms.b.101-104. Chapter XXI is continued from Add.Ms.b.103. Contents: ff 1-5 Chapter XXI (cont'd); ff 6-12 Calculations 'Copied from the Loose Papers': miscellaneous (ff 6-12), proof for Bertrand's Postulate (ff 13-16), reciprocal functions (ff 16-25), approximate summations of series involving prime numbers (ff 25-44), 'Middle of a paper?' on moduli (ff 45-55), 'The Three Quarterly Reports f the late S. Ramanujan, to the Board of Studies in Mathematics, when he was a Research Scholarship-holder', 5 August and 7 November 1913 and 9 March 1914 (ff 64-118).
Sans titreLetter from O. M. Dalton to [Henry] Mayhew [both of the British Museum]; letter from Mayhew to Canon Musgrave (with envelope); three letters from Canon Musgrave to the Master of Trinity [Henry Montagu Butler]; letter from Butler to the Librarian [Robert Sinker].
Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Dated 23-24 November 1920 - On the 23rd, he writes he has heard that a long account of the expedition was published in 'The Daily Mail' and is sorry to hear that such a 'low and vulgar paper' should have the first report of a scientific expedition, 'even Sir Peter Mackie is probably not a good judge as to the proper mode of publishing the results'. On the 24th he says he has written [Sir Peter Mackie] that a full report should be deferred until after the dinner; Lilly has written their friend [Wickham Steed] of 'The Times' about it.
Ovington Rectory, Thetford. Dated 25 November 1920 - Writes his side of the story concerning the article in the 'Daily Mail', condoned by Sir Peter Mackie so that he felt he had no choice; does not believe Mackie is giving him a dinner, and no one at the Royal Society has mentioned a speech; finds the muddle most distasteful and is sorry Frazer is away.
Midland Grand Hotel, London. Dated 18th October 1924 - Is sorry to hear about the death of Sir Peter Mackie, which ends hopes for funding a second expedition, perhaps he should try to get attached to the Boundary Commission [Arthur] Hinks mentioned; is happy with the room he has at Trinity for his library; has met Clark [Louis Coville Gray Clarke], the new Curator of the Anthropological Museum at Cambridge.
Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 25th July 1924 - Thanks him for his [published Frazer] lecture ['Immigrants and their Influence in the Lake Region of Central Africa']; Edward Clodd suggested seeing if the Geographical Expedition would fund a second expedition, and saw [Arthur] Hinks, who also mentioned the Boundary Commission going to Lake Rudolph and Abyssinia; mentions that Lilly has eagerly taken up the idea for another expedition and should not be surprised if she succeeds in organizing and financing it 'as well as she did the first; for we owe the Mackie fund entirely to her'; they have sold Lanfine.
Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Dated 4th June 1924 - [Arthur] Keith thinks his nomination to the Royal Society should be deferred at present; received an Honorary Degree at Manchester, where Sir Henry Miers is strongly in favour of anthropological teaching and a fine collection has been presented there by Dr [Walter?] Heape; gave him the news of the house in Cambridge in the last letter so won't repeat it; his library should be installed at Trinity by now; admires the work evident in 'The Bagesu'.
Lanfine, Hills Road, Cambridge. Dated 7 March 1924 - Is sorry the expense of publishing his [Frazer] lecture is his, hopes to remedy this in future; has not heard from [William] Ridgeway; saw Bishop [Thomas Wortley] Drury at St. Catharine's; is sorry there are no congenial men in his neighbourhood; sees parallels between the use of children in ritual in 'The Banyankole' and ancient Greek ritual; asks if he has seen P. A. Talbot's 'Life in Southern Nigeria' and E. S. Hartland's 'Primitive Paternity'; gave his last lecture and is glad they are over.
Lanfine, Hills Road, Cambridge. Dated 1 March 1924 - Received his last volume, 'The Bagesu' and congratulates him; asks if he has seen [Robert] Rattray's book 'Ashanti'; is almost done with his lectures at Cambridge; saw A. B. Cook and his wife, the second volume of his 'Zeus' will not be out for some time.
Lanfine, Hills Road, Cambridge. Dated 27th January 1924 - Has been busy preparing his lectures; has not seen Haddon yet; are settling in to the house; does not know where the funding for a second expedition will come from, have not heard from Sir Peter Mackie for some time; [William] Crooke's death is a loss to anthropology and folklore; asks what he thinks of the country under a Labour government, who have sent the Ambassador [R. M. Hodgson] 'to make friends with the blood-stained bandits of Russia'; is sorry they are not closer.
Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Dated 8th October 1923 - Returns the proof of the preface to the third volume; is busy, will attend the Congress of the History of Religion; proof-corrections, and preparations to make for their return.
Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Dated 13th September 1923 - Never received his letter with a proof of the preface to the third volume; is glad to hear that Norman is safe [in Japan?]; is happy to hear of the Canonry of Rochester, a proper position for a researcher, would be happy to serve as a reference but reminds him his name might not be an advantage in some quarters, does not know Lord Cave's theological or ecclesiastical opinions and position.
Hotel Lutetia, 43 Boulevard Raspail, Paris. Dated 4 September 1923 - Thinks their letters have crossed; are expecting to hear from [George] Kett as to the date their house will be finished; thinks a meeting at the Royal Society will not happen until October, and Haddon will not be there, as he is in Australia advising on a study of all native races in their dominions.