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- 10 Dec 1905 (Creation)
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The Shiffolds, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking. - Has received his father's letter [12/89] and is sorry to have annoyed him by not writing more often; this is 'not through indifference', and he hopes in future to write more regularly. He and Bessie go abroad next Tuesday, and hope to reach Aulla [home of Aubrey and Lina Waterfield] on Thursday; hopes by then Campbell-Bannerman will have formed his cabinet. The Times's 'assertion about Sir Edward Grey' yesterday caused great alarm, but so far it seems unfounded. If they had indeed failed to agree, someone would be much to blame, but Robert thought George was being 'unduly pessimistic'; he thought if there had been a split nobody but 'strong radicals would vote against Protection' and the election would be a 'fiasco' for the Liberals. Robert doubts that 'principles are not just now more important than men in most minds'. Quotes [from Julius Caesar Act 4, Scene 3, 2115-2132], with Grey in Cassius' place, Campbell-Bannerman playing Brutus, and the Times the Poet.
He and Bessie are both well, though have had bad colds. Has sent the first act of their translation of Vondel's Lucifer to the Independent [Review]; George and Dickinson 'seem to like it' so he hopes they might print it; there is more of the translation, but the first act stands well alone. George, Janet, and Mary seem well. Sends love to his mother.
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- Trevelyan, Sir George Otto (1838-1928), 2nd Baronet, statesman and historian (Subject)
- Trevelyan, Elizabeth (1875-1957), musician (Subject)
- Waterfield, Aubrey William (1874-1944) painter (Subject)
- Waterfield, Caroline Lucie (1874-1964) author and journalist, known as Lina (Subject)
- Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell- (1836-1908), knight, Prime Minister (Subject)
- Grey, Edward (1862-1933), 1st Viscount Grey of Falloden, politician, countryman, and author (Subject)
- Trevelyan, George Macaulay (1876-1962), historian, public educator, and conservationist (Subject)
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), playwright and poet (Subject)
- Vondel, Joost van den (1587-1679) poet, writer and playwright (Subject)
- Independent Review (journal) (Subject)
- Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes (1862-1932), humanist, historian, and philosopher (Subject)
- Trevelyan, Janet Penrose (1879-1956), author (Subject)
- Moorman, Mary Caroline (1905-1994), historian and biographer (Subject)