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Writes to express his sympathy, and that of his wife, to Nora on the death of Henry Sidgwick. Says he was deeply grieved by the announcement in that morning's papers of the death of his friend. Declares that he felt reverence towards Henry, among whose attributes he counts wisdom, justice, sympathy and unselfishness. States that during his [Wilson's] fourteen years at Cambridge he had often occasion to ask his advice, 'or help, or both, and never asked in vain.' Adds that his wife's experience was the same 'during her connections with the Charity Organisation work'.

Later typescript draft of a lecture given from notes.

Written from The Admiralty.

Under the heading 'The Sinai MS of the Greek Bible'.

"The Clock House" Shepperton. Dated 25th March (1911) - Will be happy to be quoted in Frazer's forthcoming book [about substitutes for executions in China?], but asks to be allowed to rewrite his former note; will look through Herbert Spencer's 'Descriptive Sociology', ('that mountain of ill-assorted facts and opinions'), and asks if he has looked through Arthur Smith's 'Chinese Characteristics'.

Trinity College - WW thinks RJ's preface is excellent and has given it to the printers ['An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth, and on the Sources of Taxation: Part 1. - Rent', 1831]. As to the latter pages WW advises RJ to 'remodel the last two pages (no more) or omit them'. He thinks 'the account of your part of the country is as bad as it can be among people pretending to an established order of society...However never despair - we will live through the storm and teach the world wise things when the winds have lulled again'.

Brighton - RJ has only just 'got your pages yesterday as I was starting for this place where I cannot read them attentively' ['On the Fundamental Antithesis of Philosophy', Trans. of the Cambridge Phil. Soc., 1844]. Charlotte Jones is here ill. From what RJ has seen of WW's work he thinks 'the discussion is (at least the greater part of it) rapidly resolving itself into one of phraseology - fundamental belief - or laws of of the activity of the intellect no one objects to. The unlucky word necessary coming after these is the stumbling block necessary [']these beng admitted['] is what we want a phrase to express and to ordinary readers the naked word conveys a further indefinite necessity which staggers them'. The 'ideas suggested by fundamental laws of belief which are at the bottom of and must sustain the various sciences you justly treat as what it must be useful and deeply interesting to study and you do yourself no more than justice in claiming to have made studies here but you will get scant justice on this point from men who are choaking with the bitter necessary you are making them swallow against their will and habits'. They all had a good time at the Herschels - John Herschel is looking better than he has for at least 2 or 3 years.

Unthank's Road, Norwich.

Letter from L. N. Guillemard dated 5 Dec. 1894.

Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.

Re memorial to Robert Burns

Lecture tour in USA

Contains correspondence with A.A. Ware, T.E. Allibone and D. Fry (Thomson's carbons only), and a copy of the first three monthly reports on 'Gaseous Discharges Research at A.E.I. Research Laboratory', 16 August-16 November 1951

Ms. notes and draft.

'Calculations using method of "killing htpy groups"...'.

Section on the Epstein-Barr virus

54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio (Corse) - Has returned, was sorry to miss them in Paris, hopes J.G.F. is better, and that she is not bored in Cambridge.

High Biggin, Musley Hill, Ware, Herts. - Thanks them for their nice letter, sends a box from France with a copy of a specimen in the Louvre; despite the war, believes in the power of the mystery of love; is looking forward to reading Frazer's biography.

as from 50 Campden Hill Square W.8. - Congratulates Frazer.