Item 154 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Sir George Trevelyan

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The Shiffolds, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking. - Hopes his father is 'comfortably settled' at Welcombe; he and Bessie were sorry to hear from his mother that she had a cold, and hopes she has by now recovered. Julian 'continues splendidly well and is getting on in every way except locomotively, for he does not even try to move from one place to another'.

Finished Clayhanger, a 'wonderfully good novel': hopes Bennett can 'keep the next two parts up to the level of the first'. Will now have to read the Old Wives Tale. They are still reading aloud Frederick the Great, and are now coming to the 'quarrel with Voltaire'; Bessie usually takes 'no interest in accounts of battles, but admits that Carlyle's battles are different', as are George's accounts of those of Garibaldi.

Hopes to see George in London next week, at least 'at the Cambridge dinner on the 16th': these dinners are 'a very good institution, as one meets Cambridge people of all ages, whom one has little chance of meeting otherwise'. Will write to his mother soon.

Dated 1910, but the reference to Julian shows that this is a mistake for 1911.