Writes on the death of Henry Sidgwick, and expresses his, Lady Acton's and others' sympathies on her 'dreadful loss'. Declares that he has lost 'the best of friends and colleagues...' Refers to the sympathy and admiration he felt for Henry in relation the manner in which he bore his illness. Reports that [Andrew?] Forsyth spent an hour discussing things with Sidgwick at Jebb's, 'and had no idea till long after that anything was wrong.' States that they were not aware of the gravity of the situation until three weeks earlier, when he met Nora with Arthur J. Balfour.
Simply "with many thanks" on letterhead of Hotel Rembrandt, South Kensington, SW.
Examines Elizabeth Wells Gallup's biliteral cipher theory, which she claimed was proof of Bacon's authorship of the works of Shakespeare.
The Copse, Sonning-on-Thames.—The enclosed (3/40) was written with reluctance, as he felt the task ought to have been attempted by someone who knew Forsyth in the nineties.
(Undated. Acknowledged 6 Sept.)
temporarily at Royal Crescent Hotel, Brighton - Congratulates Frazer.
Laregan, France Lynch, Stroud, Glos. - Birthday greetings, a bit late; recommends Professor Denis Saurat's 'Regeneration'; has enjoyed the Frazer memoir; has become a correspondent of Professor Forsyth and Mrs W. H. Young [Grace Chisholm Young], whose husband has lost his memory and is marooned in Lausanne; is glad to hear good news of the Frazers.