"Thursday Dearest Alys Yesterday we arrived at lunchtime at Partemico, where we had originally meant to spend the night; the others decided to walk on to Monreale, but my feet were sore and I came here by train."

"Hotel Pension Panormus"

"Thursday Dearest Alys The posts here are erratic too—I got 3 letters from thee this morning, one forwarded from Rome."

"Friday 11 p.m. Dearest Alys This must be a short letter as it is late."

"Saturday Dearest Alys No letter came from thee yesterday, and I shall have none forwarded."

"Monday night Dearest Alys Two letters from thee with enclosures reached me this morning, of Monday and Tuesday."

"Dearest Alys Thanks for letters. It is very discouraging about Abingdon and the licensing bill."

"Friday Dearest Alys I am writing to say various things I am sure to forget."

"Monday Dearest Alys Thanks for letter to Camberley."

"Tuesday Dearest Alys I am very sorry indeed that thee felt depressed about thy Albert Hall speech."

[Of 12 Nov. 1910 on suffrage.]

"Sunday Dearest Alys—I am anxious to know how the meeting* went off—I suppose I shall hear tomorrow."

*[In Albert Hall, 12 Nov. 1910, on suffrage.]

"Portree tonight Arrive Saturday evening Great Western seven".

"Alle Carchin nr. Trent*. Saturday. Thy last letter to Trent just caught me yesterday morning."

*[Now Trento in Italy.]

"Tuesday Dearest Alys Today was a perfect day both for weather and scenery."

"Dear Dr. Aall I write to acquaint you with the recently formed Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and Atlantic Peace Foundation."

Written from the White House, Washington.

BR looks forward to Aandahl's promised book on his influence on America.

"I wish I could believe that I shall leave the world a better place than I found it."

Re abandoning his book combining pure theory with social philosophy because "when I abandoned Hegel it seemed to me that such a book must depend for its existence upon logical fallacies."

Synthesis.

Re message for "The Friends" meeting in Bala on 28 June 1957, published in their "little paper".

See RA1 630.

Charles Affolter was a dessinateur (designer); René Bovard a sécrétaire; Robert Luthi a  professeur; Daniel Anet an écrivain (writer); Frédéric Brocher an évangéliste (evangelist).