Please send these to Dr. Emily, Alice and Floy. CEFN COED, MALPAS, NR NEWPORT MON. 13 Dec. 1893 Dear Kitty, I feel tremendously flattered that you should think Hawkes photo worth copying for the American Cousins. Mrs. Ward would have been delighted to have sent you six more. It has given me very great pleasure to read of the [?th] work done by Lucy Stone & Ithank the Dr. very much for sending me the "Enquirer" which I will send on to Lilly as soon as my wife has read it. She is in London for a day or two helping at a Bazaar at Westminster Town Hall to help the Japanese in some way or other I have always fancied that they are pretty well able to help themselves I send you a ["?"]. Harold is one of the Editors. Please send it back when you have read it as he keeps a pile of the papers. With very kind regards to you & the Dr I am yours very sincerely John Ward as his having won the New College Scholarship. [?] [?] Rugby Exhibition in June his time at the University will cost his Father very little. Love to all K.B.[*John Ward & KBB*] Rock House. Hastings. Dec: 14th 1893 Dear Mr. George: I send on John Ward's two letters, and Harold's to me. I think Dr Emily, Alice, and Floy will like to see them all. (Floy please, as the last, to return Harold's to me.) The Rugby papers which came with John's letter. I have taken the very liveliest interest in reading, and having gotten the printer's address, I mean to try to buy Repros for the years Paul was at Rugby 1883-88. Isn't it good to see how enthusiastic John is over Harold's successes, whether in Scholarship or games? That H. is in the XII for football, in the XXII for Chricket, and has won the Cup for that "Crick" run of 13 miles, is almost as good asCEFN COED, MALPAS NR NEWPORT MON. 18 Feb 1984 Dear Kitty I have always heard your best friends call you so so I feel I must do the same especially as you are such a staunch champion of Harold & have so thoroughly taken him to your heart for his dear Mothers sake. You must forgive him for having fair hair it is almost the only semblance he has to his Father. I am glad he was [*Who is Florence? I should much like Harold &Howard to meet. & I will try to see George when he comes over]a little shy perhaps I may claim that as proving him to be the son of his Father. Mrs. Ward however says she thinks quite otherwise & that I cannot lay claim to any such characteristic. I am a little undecided about Harold's immediate future. I went to Oxford last week & had a talk with Mr [?] who was to have been his tutor at New College & he seemed to think that it would or rather might be a mistake to let Harold study law at all while he is at the University as his [line?] seems to be the ancient classics & he might well devote all his four years at Oxford & then study law. I want him to be a good useful practical man as well as a great scholar & if he does not begin to study law before he is 23 he will hardly be at work as a Barrister before middle life & might if kept too long from the busy world become too dreamy for the struggle that a good practical man can make to make people more honest & good than he finds them. I think he will always influencethose he is most with as although he is reticent and never gushing he is keen & determined & has I think a very well balanced mind & as much ambition as is good for him. I suppose it is the nature of a public school boy not to unfold himself much. I thoroughly enjoyed my short visit to New College I was sorry to find that Mr McNeil is going to be married & to throw up his Tutorial Fellowship at once & go back to teach at some public school so Harold will not have him for his Tutor but will if McNeil can work it have the Dean Mr Matheson a very scholarly man instead. I only had two hours to stay as I was going on to Salperton Park to arrange finally about taking it as our shooting box for a year a two it is only about an hours Rail ride from Oxford on the Cotswold Hills about 8 miles from Chillingham Well to return: I dined with Mr McNeil in the great Hall at New College a grand looking old pile most fitting for such a seat of learning there wereabout ten or a dozen Fellows at the same table & the scholars or other undergraduates on a lower floor below the salt. The Fellows all but the Senior Bursar seemed quite young & did not very greatly impress me as much as I expected to be impressed Mr. Matheson has the finest looking head of all. The professor of Arabic looks very clever. But neither of them seemed to me to have the really noble look that I should have like to see except perhaps one little one a clergyman who did not strike me as looking really clever . Did you see Dr Percival at Rugby? There are many people who consider him a very noble character & he certainly has greatly raised the stakes & I believe the tone of the school. Harold has hurt his knee & that keeps him rather quiet at games this term & in school I hope he is having a fairly easy term as next term he will have to work hard if he competes for a school exhibition & he will do so if he is well-I hope we shall meet in a month or two Mrs Ward will probably be in London with me in the Spring & should like the Dr & you to meet. Harold's holidays begin on the 4th April & if the Dr happens to be in London then he might take London on his way home & be introduced again to her. Mrs Ward sends her kind regards to you - I am Yours very sincerely John E. Ward. CEFN COED, MALPAS, NR NEWPORT MON.3 March 1894 Dear Kitty, I wrote sometime ago to M. [Densant?] suggesting that it might be convenient if she was to allow an annuity to be purchased for her & the estate -- Sold before the[ Liens?] get much shorter She replied that she would not act without the advice of Mr Sanders. I did not desire that she shouldbut thought it prudent & write to her first. When I can get the chance I will call upon Mr. Sanders. I have no doubt about the property being protected & am from time to time in correspondence with Mr. Sanders. I return you Lily's letter -- with many thanks for sending it on to me the poor girl seems to have been in a bad way & I hope her change of residence will set her up again. I don't think Mr. Thomas can injure Harold's claim to his share but she is still not old & if she lives long the Leases will become of much less value than they are at present at all. the property is leasehold & consists principally ofLondon Homes. With the kindest regards to Ian & Dr. I am yours very sincerely John E. Ward