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Has been going through his mother's papers

Press cuttings on Home Office work including prop corporal punishment lobby, pressure for abolition of hanging, proposed immigration curbs and Commonwealth Immigrants Bill, victory over the 'floggers' at 1961 Annual Conference and report of Royal Commission on the Police, also House of Lords Reform, eligibility of Wedgwood Benn as an M.P., controversy over RAB's Madrid speech about closer links between Spain and the West, RAB Chairman of Cabinet negotiations Oct 1961-, anti-nuclear rallies by Committee of 100, RAB's appointment to Central African Office and visit to Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland May 1962, Orpington by-election; original letter from Harold Macmillan asking RAB to take charge of the Government for four days in Dec 1961; press cuttings of births of grandchildren, Mollie becoming President of Women's Advisory Council of London Conservative Associations; photographs of RAB taking farewell of Nyasaland Government Ministers at Zomba airfield (7 docs) and taking the salute at Zomba airfield, RAB with Dr H.K. Banda, leader of Malawi Congress Party, and Sir Glyn Jones, Governor of Nyasaland, during break in talks (2 docs), RAB with Sir Roy Welensky, RAB and Mollie during African tour (2 docs), RAb and Mollie with Somerset Maugham at Royal Society of Literature function c. May 1961 (2 docs), RAB and Mollie in evening dress at unidentified function, at Epsom Derby 1962, RAB inspecting police at annual parade at Police Training Centre, Ryton in Dunsmore, Warwickshire, June 1962

Montréal - Is enjoying herself with her family, hopes he is enjoying his time in Dordogne.

Abolition of tuition feeds in grant-aided secondary schools, special report of Committee on Public Schools ... 1943. Board of Education. The public schools and the general education system, report of Committee on Public Schools ... 1944

Discusses the 'Temple case' [about the controversy regarding Temple's essay in Essays and Reviews in 1860, re-ignited by his appointment as Bishop of Exeter]. Claims that he is not surprised that 'High Church men and Low Church men...are vexed at his appointment.' Remarks that nor is he inclined to blame Pusey 'for his passionate appeals to those who think with him'. Refers to his letters, and states that he thought that 'on the whole his position is quite reasonable and intelligible'. Believes that he [Pusey] 'is ready to accept Disestablishment with all it's [sic] disadvantages.' Feels indignant with 'certain Bishops, Deans, Canons etc who cling to the advantages of a National Establishment and yet kick against it's [sic] most obvious obligations...'

Does not yet know about his movements at Christmas, and has not quite made up his mind about going to Florence with Arthur. Thinks that Abbott would be a suitable candidate for the position of headmaster [of Rugby], but hears that he has no chance. Thinks that of those who do have a chance he would prefer Percival.

1 Marloes Road, Kensington, W. Dated April 11 - Wonders about Max [Müller]'s 'Fire Totems'; has added the fire walk to an unidentified publication.

Clifton, Bristol - Thanks WW for his 'elegant and interesting Christmas gift...I have read five chapters with great and increasing interest' [WW, Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay, 1853]: 'It would not be easy to conceal the authorship - but I find that it is already perfectly understood here so that I presume you have been at no pains to conceal it'.

Mansfield Street - Rocket, Charles Spring-Rice [and the Cambridge exam]

Miscellaneous background material on the subject, offprints, drafts and notes, including Atomic Scientists Journal, September 1953, with annotations by Thomson.

Article for A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, 1966, Ms. and typescript versions. Correspondence with editor, T.I. Williams.
Book review. E.N. da C. Andrade: 'Rutherford and the Nature of the Atom', 1967. For Nature.Ms. and typescript versions.

52 The Pryors, East Heath Road, Hampstead, N.W.3. - Is distressed to hear about Frazer's eyesight; sends birthday congratulations; the Biochemical dinner was a success, and regrets he had to resign when he went to Aberdeen; sends a subscription to the bibliography, agrees it should be in memory of Henry George Plimmer; they are in a flat overlooking Hampstead Heath, describes why they did not stay in Steele's Road.

London S.W.1., No. 3 Hobart Place. - They have just returned from a gathering of influential people, including Madame [Nellie] Melba and Sir Thomas Beecham, to hear Donald [Tovey]'s opera ["The Bride of Dionysus"]. Does not know what the outcome will be, but 'there is no doubt about the immense impression it has made'. The 'drawback is, as it is always, the "book"'; hopes the music will cause 'the over-ornate far too lengthy frigid stuff' [the libretto by Robert Trevelyan] to be forgotten. There are things which have long required saying, which she hopes would be 'less harsh spoken by word of mouth' in her own house than written. Wishes for peace, is always ready to forgive, but the 'menace' the Trevelyans have always been 'to Donald's best interests' must be removed; hopes it can be by 'a clear understanding' between them and herself. Asks them to come and see her before Friday evening, when Donald returns from Scotland.