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Gratefully acknowledges receipt of a 'delightful booklet' in which Patrick Geddes' conversations with the Geddes children are recorded.
Discusses her health, her work on behalf of her husband Frank Podmore and her plans to visit Anna Geddes with Janey Hay. Mentions Alexander and Ella Carmichael.

Refers to an Open Spaces Conference at Outlook Tower and the preparation of maps for a Sociological Survey.

Personal. Mention of Maurice, Joy and Arthur and Patrick Geddes.

Describes potential accommodation arrangements for Patrick Geddes when he visits London. Mentions Mr Morgan, Mrs Shepherd, Mrs Hiles, Jane Hay, Frank Podmore, Jean [ ], Alexander Carmichael and Ella Carmichael. Outlines her plans for a trip north to Edinburgh and Perthshire. Refers to Patrick Geddes' need for rest. Describes her personal life, social life and ill health due to influenza. Comments on Geddes' 'City Development' Dunfermline report, 1904 and remarks that 'cities are only builded really out of the souls of men and women' with reference to Walt Whitman.

Social invitation. Reference to Henry Nevinson (essayist, journalist) and Mr. and Mrs. Dryhurst.

Social invitation.

Her children and the Indian boys have been comparing their country's experience of 'the Paternal Government of Britain'. Her son Maurice is writing his novel on modern Irish life. 'Brother Felix' hopes to see the Geddeses in Ireland. Colm [ ]'s poem is in 'New Songs' edited by AE [George Russell]. Mention of Joy [ ], Ojih Bose and Janie Hay.

Norah is expecting another child. Their common interests, both having been impressed by John Ward - a Biography by Beresford and Richmond and two books by Rabindranath Tagore. Coverage of events in Russia by the Press, with mention of Arthur Benson of The Daily News. Protests against the war. Comments on Arthur Geddes and her high opinion of him. Mentioning Mrs. Miller and Mr. Russell, also The Nation, The Herald and other Labour papers. Signs that Geddes might be having an influence, making people look at John Ruskin and William Morris again. Mention of her cousin, Isobel McArthur. Her admiration for the French 'Thinkers', mentioning André Suarés and Auguste Rodin. Incomplete.

Personal: human loneliness. Thanks Geddes for some money. The state of the world, with possible references to the war, the Irish troubles (mentioning Plunkett, Felix [ ] and AE [George William Russell] and the Russian revolution. Mention of Arthur, Alasdair and Norah Geddes, also [ ] Kippen.

Mention of the writer's cousin, Mrs. McArthur (Isabel Henry). Refers to Victor Branford's illness, and her own curvature of the spine.

Reference to Geddes still being in Bombay and not Jerusalem or Ceylon as expected. Arthur Geddes's poor health and his stay with the 'Campden Group'. Mention of Mr. Ross, Norah Mears, Mrs. Miller, the late Anna and Alasdair Geddes, Kenneth Mears and John Russell.

The writer's financial difficulties. The effects of the war, with particular mention of the situation in Russia. Reference to Belgian refugees in Cornwall. Hopes Geddes will enjoy his work in Jerusalem. Mention of Mrs. Horne, Norah and Arthur Geddes.