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Annie's safe arrival at Malvern; lunch with Sir Reginald and Lady Palgrave, the Watkins, Dr Allman and Miss Travers at Mr Dugmore's, ARW left early as all talking "Primrose League"; arrangement of refurbished study; tea at Mrs Barnes's with the Nichols, Mrs Cooper, the Pocock family and Mrs Maitland; Violet doing gymnastics; the Huddlestone's renting a house at Bournemouth; sending a copy of Natural Science containing photos of Coral reefs for Miss Shaen; will send Fortnightly on; London Library; Annie's health regimen; cooking.
Talks about William starting work at Woolwich, advising him on type and cost of lodgings, behaviour at work and need to thank Davis, Meldola and Professor Thompson for help; orchids from Natal received from Canon Usherwood; work on index to Australia book (presumably Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel. Australasia, Vol.1, Australia and New Zealand. New Issue, London 1893); Prof Perry's book on spinning tops; Ma's (William's mother Annie Wallace) visit to Malvern; Mr Ponton's pin-hole photography in France; Mrs Crump; Aunt Fanny.
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Arrival of William's letter, his lodgings and work for Mr Laukert; method of calculation of weight and volume of water; William's sister Violet; unexpected visit from the Bishop of Salisbury ("quite a jolly old cock") and Mrs Usherwood, conversing about Stonehenge and Canon Swayne's alpine garden; encloses card (not present). William's [engineering] certificate and medal.
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Death of Werner von Siemens, sending obituary [not present] from Daily News; asks for news of William's work; sister Violet's work, Ma (Annie Wallace) away; magazine club begun with 9 members, initial name "Parkstone Perambulating Periodicals" changed after objections from some members to triviality, circulating The Nineteenth Century, Cornhill, English Illustrated, New Reviews, Natural Science, Good Words, Contemporary, Magazine of Art, and Fortnightly; visit from Mr Ponton with books of pinhole photographs taken in France; recent sharp frosts, fears plant damage; Violet pleased with William's sketches; asks for details of latest stamp-album, and of William's fellow medallist and fellow lodger.
Writes about William's friendship with [Portheim] at Siemens; sister Violet; William's mother's query as to the fate of a medal.
About the election of President at one of the societies. Meldola did not get a majority.
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Writes about the arrival of William's medal and certificate [possibly from the Society of Electrical Engineers], sending them on to him to show people at Hurst, letter from William's Portsmouth friend will be sent on also; ARW's preference for the head of Galvani or some other electrical scientist rather than the Prince of Wales on the medal; William's progress at work; Miss McDonald arriving for Christmas; sister Violet's career prospects; William's return to Charlton; King & Co's [Scufi] Album [stamp album] not yet out.
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