- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Papers of WB Hemsley Vol. 2
- British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 f. 214
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/252
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ARW thanks C. R. for abstracts on "hanging valleys". ARW mentions his theory of seed migration through the air and is looking for evidence. Enquires if C. R. has geological survey work in Cornwall, or has he retired. ARW is building a house at Broadstone "on a very pretty bit of land".
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Thanking her for gift of an almanac and wishing her a happy new year. [copied by Miss E? Macdonald and sent to Violet Wallace from Broomhill, Sheffield 19 Jan 1914].
ARW thanks Macdonald for the new year gift of an almanac; apologies for lateness, due to not knowing where she went for her holidays; weather; his daughter Violet's lack of work.
Thanks Macdonald for her Christmas present; description of his investiture with Order of Merit at home by the King's equerry Colonel Legge; intends to wear it once in public at a lecture he is to give at the Royal Institution "on the world of life" on 22 Jan 1909, offers tickets for herself and a friend.
Discusses a press cutting sent by Macdonald on the spiritualist medium consulted by Abraham Lincoln; an American book recently published on Lincoln's spiritualism.
Thanks for Kropotkin's Life; feels strong similarity of his own early life to Kropotkin's despite differences of wealth, rank and country. Is also reading Whiteing's No. 5 John Street (1899).
Discusses Kropotkin's Life, which he has just finished reading.
Dora Best painting a portrait of ARW, possibly for sending to the Royal Academy; no more news about the Beaconsfield affair except that Prof Barrett and Dr Abraham Wallace will join it; William's sister Violet and May Swinton leaving tomorrow; beginning work on new edition of Wonderful Century; Mr Casey's latest enigma; reading Julie.
Progress of house building [at "Old Orchard", Broadstone], workmen's shop put up in grounds by Percy Curtis who will mark foundations next week and begin excavating; Mr Donkin says plans ready to send to Mr Barnes and building committee; water mains laid to main road; greenhouse ordered from Cooper; plans to put stove under house to warm both it and greenhouse; William to remember acetylene and fire-brick; sending books Kim and one on Anglo-Saxon history, opinions of both.
Work on new edition of Wonderful Century, will leave chapter on electricity until last; answer to latest (newspaper) enigma; watch repairs; William's holiday and Fellowship dinner (in America); winter weather; plot and character in The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentza [sic, for Hentzau. Both by Anthony Hope].
Progress of house building at "Old Orchard" (Broadstone); collapse of cellar excavations after wet weather but cellar walls now going up, plans for drainage of cellar, concrete footings for outer walls well advanced, three bricklayers and six labourers working, Mr Donkin's drawings for windows done; horses and cows from adjacent fields have eaten some garden plants, fencing now improved; ARW has recommenced work on new edition of his New Century and finished chapter on Astronomy; request for information on the "Dargue" system of acetylene gas.
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