Planting orchids and blue South African water lilies in garden; geology of East Grinstead and Limpsfield; visit of Mr William Greenell Wallace No 2 and his wife (from America), engineering work in Stockton (California); requests for a description of Miss Clarke and Violet's new school post [in Limpsfield], local German ladies; Mr Stillman; Hudson's book of British Birds; visit to the New Forest with Dora; regards to Mr Hobson.

Her new teaching post, with detailed advice on a formal agreement re salary and conditions to be drawn up by Mr Pease, and advising her to leave if this is not done; sending some frogbit and Villarsin.

Her new accommodation, asking for a plan of the house; "the pedigree Mrs Wallace" in London with a photo of her mother resembling ARW; search for illustrations for his new book, has photos from the "Challenger" (expedition), Anthropology Institute, [Royal] Geographical Society, Admiral Maclear, and his own Yosemite Valley photos, intends to get new photos of Birds of Paradise, negotiating for woodcuts from various books; has a letter in The Clarion on the Boers; Chronicle and Daily Mail on Johannesburg mining millionaires.

Carter's Estates, possibility of buying a new house suitable for use as a dwelling and a school, her brother William's investigation of houses in Cranleigh, Horsham and Basingstoke; Mr Carter's purchase of a large farm near Oxford and his plans to build a model settlement or small garden city on it, including public access to wild land.

Arrangements for her, the Dodd's of Tunbridge Wells and the Shaw's to view a house between Mayfield and Wadhurst which ARW is considering buying jointly with Mr Shaw; sending a small stag-beetle.

Purchase of land at Broadstone, interview with Lord Wimborne's agent Mr Paterson, and detailed description of site, vegetation and views over Poole Harbour, the Purbeck hills and Old Harry Rocks; Violet's visit at half-term and possibility of looking at land for Miss B... [and Violet] at Fordingbridge.

Her illness, suggesting convalescence at Wadhurst, Miss Debenham as substitute teacher; difficulties re title and water supply to "Old Orchard" now settled, Mr Donkin settling details of house; ARW's bronchitis and cold cured by warm house and hot baths.

Visits to Broadstone several times a week, planting of water-lilies in [Broadstone] garden pond, progress of building cellar, furnace, and fireplace, "Monogram" for front chimney; merits of different types of wood panel, details to be arranged with Mr Curtis Senior.

Wells and cesspools; progress of building work (at Broadstone); problems with his eyesight, occulists prescription for new glasses to correct double vision; woods being planted with wildflowers; Conveyance (of Broadstone property) now signed and land paid for.

Eleanor's postal address; progress of drainage work; Macmillan's magazines Temple Bar and Macmillans; Oliver Lodge on Shaw's Major Barbara in The Clarion; Kropotkin on the Russian people; book criticising Haeckel; regards to Mrs Fisher; letter sent to Reggie.

Forwarding Zoo tickets, suicide of gardener's wife Mrs Monk, books, got £20 from Arena for his paper, written paper on "American flowers and forests" for Fortnightly, hopes natural history lectures are not too hard.

Being in London at Aunt Fanny's, possibility of meeting Mr Jonck at Lillie Road, asks for ticket to Botanical Gardens, has seen proofs of Professor Lloyd-Morgan's children's book on animals, weather recalls "the pleasant days of Noah", sending essay on problems of physiology.

His first public lecture, rehearsals at Loughton and Farncombe useful, cut sections following advice of Mr Marshall, enclosing a newspaper and press cuttings (not present), report on lecture brief because today is election day; tour along Hudson and to West Point Military college with Mr Browne, spectacular scenery including basalt cliffs "The Palisades" along the river (with ink sketch of cliffs with a sailing boat on the river below); colourful autumn foliage; details of hotel food including "shaker apple-sauce"; tram cars in Boston; meeting with Spiritualist doctor Nichols, invited to visit; plans to visit botanist Asa Gray at Cambridge tomorrow; discovery of a chess club and plans to play.

A séance at which he observed the ghosts of an Indian man and a baby; travel by sleeping-car from Baltimore; white and black populations in Boston and Baltimore.

Detailed description of a séance in Boston at which spirits including those of an American Indian and a baby apparently materialised; another séance at which spirits of ARW's Australian cousin Algernon Wilson and a woman who had met ARW at Kate Cook's apparently materialised; floral decorations at a dinner in Boston hosted by John M Forbes with guests including Asa Gray, O W Holmes and James Russell Lowell, sending Violet a menu; sending a poem suitable for reciting cut from a magazine; beauty of the city of Washington; lack of lecture engagements, may go to Canada; letter to be forwarded to Violet's aunt Fanny (Sims).

Enclosing press cuttings (not present) apparently reporting a social occasion hosted by spiritualist Mrs Hooker, sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs Beecher Stowe, at which ARW was introduced to about 50 people; lectures to local Anthropological societies; lack of paying lectures, if none booked in California will not be able to afford to go there as fare is £50; only two forthcoming engagements in Canada; spending time visiting Museums and libraries and writing for American newspapers and for Harris; expense of hotel; changeable weather; detailed description of the "most beautiful" Capitol building and comparison with British House of Commons; instructions to send letters via agent Williams; hopes Violet is reading and studying well.

From Niagara Falls (Canada), describing the partly frozen falls and surrounding area; ferns entirely absent, probably taken by tourists, every rock and stump covered with (carved) names.

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The weather and the seasons and that ARW has not seen a single place he should like to live in. He writes of "Big Trees" including Redwoods and tells of his plans to visit Santa Cruz and Lake Tahoe before coming home in late August. ARW also mentions that he has been lecturing on Spiritualism in San Francisco.