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House alterations; Mr Sharpe's illness; William's college studies.
House-alterations; death of Mr Barnes's grandson; Mr Sharpe's illness; William's visit to Mr [Livinton].
William's studies, fees and diet; rain delaying work on house but tiling of roof begun and emptying of cesspit for laying of drains arranged, Railway bank cuts off natural drainage, details of drainage plan; Violet going to London after Christmas, Madame Michaelis leaving Croydon to set up a (teacher) training college near a kindergarten in Notting Hill; postcard re. civil service ticket enclosed (not present).
House alterations; books ordered for William; Mr Sharpe's illness; William's studies.
House alterations; American railways; inventions.
Illness of William's mother Annie Wallace; William's studies; house alterations; Clarke's patent syphon gas stove; new electric railway under the Thames.
House alterations; proposed visit to ARW with sister Violet; Maudesley; Life of Nasmyth.
An enclosed letter (not present); house alterations; William's sister Violet; health of Mr Sharpe; weather.
An enclosure (not present); house alterations; the Buxton family; suggestion William join Institute of Electrical Engineers; Mr Cockerell collecting shells; William's sister Violet's postal address.
Progress of house alterations, delays, carpenter and plumber and Charles [builder] still present, problems with toilet cistern, unfinished outdoor drains, flooded kitchen, lack of roof gutters, stairs and porch, but balcony finished and gas lighting on; Charles's wife has sold a collection of old coins.
House alterations; health of Mr Sharpe.
House alterations; rules for viewing reptiles; refers to enclosed card (not present).
Proposed visit by William and Mr Crump, best to delay as wallpapering not yet finished; faulty boiler design not noticed by plumbers or by Mr Rigler or Ponton, fixed by ironmonger Mr Seller; Gas stove working well.
His sister Violet's dissection of a rabbit as part of her exams; replacement of pipes and bricks to remove smell in house from drains, including sketch plan; and the appointment of "the illustrious Slugophilite ... slug catcher to Her Majesty" and Museum [curator] in Jamaica, his imminent marriage, honeymoon in Corfe and departure; the slug William found a new British variety; request for news of Crump.
Describes ordering a book on conic section for William.
Talks of a lecture on Land Nationalisation; William's sister Violet; Mr and Mrs Cockerell going to Jamaica; death and funeral of Mrs [Allinson]; visit to Meldola's [possibly Finsbury Technical College] various visitors to the house.
Writes about dental treatment for William, with sketch map of location of dental surgery, refers to enclosed card (not present); upcoming [College] holidays.
ARW writes of visit to Corfe with Ma, Grandma and Grandpa (ARW's wife and parents); suicide of Mrs Monk; reading of Ivanhoe.
Writes about his visits to London and Sevenoaks (Kent); meeting of Psychical Research Society.