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• Personal letters on meeting arrangements, religion, reading matter, attempts to publish railway article and to raise money for Chinese famine relief, acquaintances and home visit, with a long letter on board the SS Parramatta on fellow travellers, missions, reading and religion. From Scotland and at sea.
• Letters on family news, including the death of Mrs Mills senior, views of Cardinal Newman, talks with an acquaintance, Brown of Peking on Chinese affairs and problems with booksellers with a letter from Douglas on Addis's letters from China, China's relations with Japan and a successor to O'Conor. From England and Canada
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