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Acknowledges receipt of telegram and circulars in relation to International Exposition at Paris, 1900 and the International Assembly. Expresses his disappointment at the late notice of the Paris scheme to British Association members, mentions Mr Griffith's reluctant consent to distribute circulars. Expresses further disappointment at the failure to present the British Association with an account of the 'ecole' and on receiving late advice that Professor Mavor will not be present at the meeting.

British Association and the meeting in Paris. Mention of [Professor James] Mavor and Mr. Griffith.

Post-war planning and the promise of new organisations, mentioning thd Adult School Movement; the Order of the Star in the East; the Theosophists; the Student Christian Movement.

Discusses the summer course at King's College.

Geddes's scheme of education and McDougall's reaction to it. Reference to Bruce Williams, 'founder and moneyed patron of an association for the organisation of knowledge'.

Expresses Scottish nationalist opinions in sympathy with a lecture given by Geddes. Mentions the campaign for a national gallery. Encloses a pamphlet for his consideration [not extant]. The writer is 74.

Orders a copy of the ‘Medieval and Modern Learning’ by Patrick Geddes.

Apologises for being unable to attend a committee meeting.

With reference to Roberts's scheme for a 'Back to the Land' movement in connection with a College of Agriculture. Encloses leaflets on Holiday Camp in the Borders. Asks Geddes for aid in obtaining premises. Mention of 'your French lad Marcel' [Hardy] and Geddes's grandson Alastair Mears.

Advises him to take the advice of a lawyer, Kenneth Sanderson, of Messrs. Wishart and Sanderson, over financial difficulty.

Refers to Patrick Geddes' invitation to the 'Civic Union' to visit his 'Civics Laboratory' in Chelsea, requests directions and confirmation that the afternoon of 19 February is suitable.

With reference to gardens and publication on the subject.

The 'Masque of the Seasons' which Fuller has written and produced in Sturminster Newton, and had subsequently published, and proposed visit by Fuller and his sister to U. S. A. and Canada as a folk singing group. Asks Patrick Geddes for advice and letters of introduction to any friends in America. Mention of Sir William Ramsay and Cecil Sharp.

Cambridge University have taken control of the copyright of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Hopes that Professor Geddes will not be 'lost to Edinburgh'.