House-building and garden.
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House-building and garden.
Newspaper reports of snow in England; snow in Washington, sleighs on the streets; stone artefacts from grave mounds displayed in American museums (ink sketch of five of these on p. 2 of letter); museum's orang-utan display; encloses some amusing cuttings (not present) from American papers; urges William to apply himself to carpentry lessons at school. "William Greenell Wallace" is written on the back of the letter in ARW's hand.
Recommended treatment if William contracts small-pox; progress of house-building; beginning autobiography; writing Astronomy chapter for new edition of Wond. Cent (ARW, The Wonderful Century: Its Successes and Failures, 1898); Macmillan request for reprint of Malay Archipelago.
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Progress of garden and house-building, sending William a report on Acetylene generators.
Progress of house-building; gift of garden plants from Italy from Sir Thomas Hanbury.
Receipt of plants from Italy; progress of house-building and garden; wages of labourers; cost of materials; arrival of Miss Buckton, a paying guest; William's sister Violet; encloses letter from the Cape (not present).
Gardening work at Broadstone; visitors at Broadstone; progress of house-building; William's holidays; sister Violet at home; Miss Buckton.
Progress of house-building and garden; visit to Corfe with Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) sister Violet and Miss Buckton.
House alterations; American railways; inventions.
Progress of house-building and garden; building costs; fossilised animal skull found when digging, sketch enclosed (not present); many visitors to the house; William's sister Violet.
Sketch enclosed (not present) of animal skull found in garden; furniture for house; Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) and sister Violet; progress of house-building.
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William's holiday at Keswick; visit to Broadstone with Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) and Olive Casey; aquatic plants for garden arrived from America; slow progress in house-building; Conan Doyle's "Hound story" disappointing; awful West Indian volcanic eruption (Mount Pelee, Martinique, 8 May 1902).
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Progress of house-building; William's holiday at Keswick, Mount Skiddaw; offer from a doctor to lease Corfe View.
House-building; garden; colour cure for sore eyes; final corrections to Ms of new edition of Wonderful Century.