- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/129
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/129
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ARW states that CR's remarks about the snails are very interesting; mentions the "old boys" bones, c. 9-10 years old, ask the Pitt-Rivers Museum to put the cranium together for the Dorchester Museum. Also mentions a great discovery of Miocene or Pliocene man in India and flints found in situ. "Hurrah for the Missing Link!".
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Violet's bank book missing in post; Jennings's death from typhoid fever; visit by Grandpa and Rose (William Mitten and his daughter); letter re (Annie) Besant in The Woman's Signal; tea and chess meetings begun; ARW writing a "very radical" article for a book.
Paper read at Cambridge University Natural Science Club conversazione, declines honorary degree; Violet's proposed Alpine trip; the Burton family; Violet's career; progress of "social economy" article for book on new reforms; local lecture on Oberammergau passion play.
Violet's expenses; visit to Cambridge; Mrs Myer's photography; ARW suffering from asthma and bronchitis; Aunt Rose's (Rose Mitten) health; "Merrie England"; daffodils at Lytchett.
Visit to Cambridge; Mrs Myer's photography and her son's ill health; "Merrie England"; daffodils at Lytchett.
Marking examination papers; news from her brother William; proposed joint visit by Violet and William; books read; travels of H O Forbes; chess meetings.
Mrs Fisher; geological excursions with grandpa (William Mitten) to Bournemouth and Swanage; chess meetings; The Clarion; proposed visits by aunts Flora and Bessie (Mitten) and two American geologists; proposed visit to Devonshire for ferns; writing for Harris; Violet's expenses.
Trip to Devon, ferns magnificent; letter from her brother William who is on holiday, plans for both to visit Parkstone; itinerary of Violet's planned trip to Switzerland and Italy.
Her proposed tour to Switzerland and Italy with Madame Lund's party, sending £10 towards expenses; arrangement for meeting her brother William and visiting Parkstone; description of ARW's and Ma's (Annie Wallace) ten days in Devon, wildflowers and ferns at Bolt Head, Salcombe and Brent; blue poppies and pink waterlily in flower in garden; two nearby houses including Mr Clement Reid's lodgings destroyed by fire.
The delights of Switzerland; visit by Dr and Mrs Wigglesworth, daughter of H. H. Higgins, from Liverpool, Dr W recently stabbed by a patient at the lunatic asylum, description of incident and surgery on his severed carotid artery; alpine plants collected for ARW by Clement Reid delayed in post and some dead; ARW writing an article on "some Darwinian heresies" for the Fortnightly and about to write another on "The expressiveness of speech"; plans to view Mars with his telescope; William (Violet's brother) back in Newcastle.