| Description | Letter dated 15 January 1881 to Macdonald from Charles S. Keene, 239 King's Road, Chelsea, pleased to hear that Macdonald is feeling better, thanks for whisky some of which he has given to his sick mother, 'I seem to foresee my long service with Punch coming to an end', regrets that the marriages of the Birket Foster children will put an end to a happy period there, seeking advice on investments, 'Crawhall knows a man in Newcastle who has patented an Electric light … a first rate Chemist I know in London (an M.D.) always shakes is head over electric light, and tells me to stick to [gas shares]', meeting with Jack Sands who has written a book for boys, Frank Powderhorn, published by Nelson of Edinburgh, purchase by The Graphic of a portrait by Millais, Hugh Cameron now settled in London and Pettie building his own house. |