Description | Letter dated 29 May 1884 , to Macdonald from J.C. Hook, R.A., Silverbeck, Churt, Farnham, [Surrey], regretting that they had not met him during their holidays - 'no doubt you were wise in slipping off home at the warning fright of sickness no doubt caused by dinners late hours and general dissipation … I am fast coming to the opinion that Scotchmen have quite as much fun and wit in them as is good for them', thanks for haddock, unformed plans for the summer, commission from Macdonald to do something for Aberdeen, and descriptions of finished works which might suit, garden progress. |