03.02.1914. From B. S. (The Athenaeum London) to Mrs. B. Thanking the Balfours for a two days’ stay at their house in Headington. B. S. has been to Manchester, where they gave him a degree and a most gorgeous gown.
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Correspondence between W. Baldwin Spencer and Henry Balfour
THE ATHENAEUM, PALL MALL. S.W. Feb. 3. 14. Dear Mrs. Balfour, I ought to have written to you before to thank you & Mr. Balfour for the two most delightful days that I have had in England. Many a time and oft I shall think of Headington & your delightful house & surroundings. Yesterday I was out beyond Leatherhead to see my old Professor, Sir Henry Roscoe & though the Downs were very beautiful, there was nothing equal to the
view from your windows. Manchester after Oxford was something truly awful though of course I did not tell them so & they gave me a degree & a most gorgeous gown. Kindest regards & many thanks to yourself & Mr Balfour. I only wish we could see you as well as him in Australia. Yours very sincerely W. Baldwin Spencer.