| Description | /1 Thank you letter for her gift of pheasants. (15 Nov 1897)
/2 Expresses his interest in the verse she has mentioned. States he hasn't seen Le Gallienne since his visit and asks her to inform him when she is next in London. (17 Oct 1899)
/3 Apologises for not being able to visit her due to his commitment to write articles for Encyclopaedia Britannica. (11 July 1900)
/4 Thanks for four pheasants on behalf of his wife, Swinburne and himself. He saw Lady Lindsay and has been enjoying reading her new volume of poems. (23 Nov 1908)
/5 He is ill but her gift has cheered him up and reminds him of the days Algernon was alive to enjoy Christmas dinner with him. Clara (his wife?) has enjoyed her correspondence with her.
/6 Thanks for the woodcock, asks after her health and describes his own. Discussion of politics, his pleasure at Lloyd-Georges embarrassment after the by-election and criticism of their methods. Discussion of Balfour and his public hob-a-nobbing with the 'Rads' and the death of King Edward. (24 Nov 1911)
/7 Thanks her for gift of eggs and says they came in handy on Sunday when they allowed their servants to leave them to fend for themselves. Expresses his depression over the strike and the parliamentary debates with those labour cads. Comments that he has for the first time thought well of Gladstone due to his positive opinions on the poetry of the late Lord de Tabley. (26 March 1912)
/8 Thanks for the eggs. He is happy her brothers poems are being translated into German and he believes they will survive the process. Mention of Baron Sanchnitz. Clara has been to see Frank Dicksen's pictures. (30 March 1912)
/9 He is reluctant to put her to the trouble of sending him the rook pie she refers to. Refers to the recent sinking of the Titanic and his grief at the plight of its passengers. (20 April 1912)
/10 Hopes to honour the 29th anniversary of Swinburne and himself residing at The Pines by devouring the turkey she has sent. He is just off to Hill Street to dine with Lady Archibald Campbell. (n.d)
/11 Comments on a review of Aylwin. Mentions Cornwallis West's connections with Lady Randolph and Beatrice Patrick Campbell, whose acting he comments on. States his intention to see E.F Benson's 'Dodo the second' hoping it will be less vulgar than his previous work. Mentions Miss Buchanan's new novel and Sir Edward Grey. Stating he feels the cabinet are doing what they can to ruin the army. (n.d)
12/ Mention of Mrs Holman's savage attack in the Times and an offer of short stories, World's Classics edited by Prof. Walker. |