Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946

"I ought to have thanked you for the golden pennies from your till, but an [?] fate has befallen me..."

"I have written to thank Jane for this enchanting plaque, and must thank you for sending me your Landscape (Padskip?) lecture, which reads [?] better in print..."

"Here I am in the Osprey, anchored off the coast of Attica with the Parthenon shining in the distance. We left the Riviera two weeks ago, stopped at Palermo, cruised among the Ionian Isles, visited Olympia and Delphi, and now..."

"I hear from Mrs. Russell that you are in Sicily- if you are coming north over[?] wait your stop here and pay me and Mrs. Cuslitte[?] a little visit?..."

"This is to remind you that when the North wind blows you over the alps, you must come to this vipers nest, as you promised, for a visit. I shall be here unitl Feb[ruary]....

"Mrs. Coslitle[?] and I shall be glad to see you whenever you choose to arrive- you will stay with us of course- you can have a quiet study and there is very little social life to disturb you..."

"I write to you from Viareggio, but my letter has been returned here. I suppose you are at Rome (though you didn't say so!) and I am sending on your letters. Now as to plans- I expect to go back to England about March 1st..."

"I have been looking into your father's life of Macaulay- which, as you know, is a great favorite of mine, and there are several questions I should like to ask- or rather, get you to ask your father..."

"I was very sorry to miss you the other day. I had gone- for the first time this summer- to a garden party- pushing my bicycle up a high hill to talk platitudes..."

"I wish I could accept your invitation to come to Westcott- nothing would be pleasanter- but I am afraid that it is impossible just at present. I have just settled down for two or three months..."