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Sent from the British School at Athens (BSA). Outlining plans for trips in the Peloponnese and Crete, and his plans when he arrives in the United Kingdom. John’s planned journey in the Peloponnese comprised visits to Olympia, Andhristseana [Andritsaina], Bassae, Megalopolis, Karytaena [Karytaina], Kalamata [Kalámai], Ithome, Sparta and Tripolis [Trípolis]. He then planned to return to Athens briefly before going to Crete to see [Arthur] Evans and help him on an excavation [at Knossos], visit Hagia Triadha [Agía Triáda] and Phaestos [Faistós], and do some museum work [to finish off his notes for ‘Aegyptiaca’]. He was then to return to Athens and travel back to the United Kingdom, staying in London for the [Amateur Athletics Association] Middlesex championships before going to Malvern. John mentions that if Dickie [Mabel Dickinson] couldn’t come [to the Amateur Athletics Championships] then [Charles] Seltman would probably come. John was having lunch with the Seltman’s that day, going to Marathon with them on Saturday, and they were also going to watch him do the high-jump [in Athens]. John states that his notes [on archaeological finds of Egyptian origin in Greece] were complete except for items he would see in Crete and some work to be done in the [British Museum] and in Cambridge. John also mentions: he had just received a letter from Herbert and was sorry to hear about Mrs Dickinson [Mabel Dickinson’s mother?] and he doesn’t think something could be true about Maude [?]; he hopes the cats in Malvern don’t scratch like the ones in Athens; that if Herbert sees Nokie [?] he should pretend that John had sent Herbert a copy of his letter by accident as it was “very vulgar”; and he hopes that Herbert had a good weekend in [London], asks what he thought of ‘The Vagabond King’ [operetta] and says he’ll compare notes on Vine street and Bow street [in London] with Robin [Mabel Dickinson’s son] when they meet. John labelled the letter as written on “Thursday”. |
