| Description | Letter dated 21 May 1884 to Macdonald from J.S. Hodgson, 41 Circus Road [St. John's Wood, London], thanking him for presenting his book to Aberdeen University, sorry to have missed him at Hook's house and to hear that he had been taken ill, visit to Birket Foster's: 'he has a princely place at Witley - good enough for an earl, and all along of water colors - the shrewd Northumbrian!', celebration of his wife's parents' Golden Wedding anniversary. |