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Regrets that Glover could not speak after the Master's speech at the dinner in Jesus College. Asks whether Glover is planning to visit New Jersey. Attached is a copy of 'The speech which F. J. F. Jackson did not make when the Master proposed his health at the dinner in Jesus College, April 26, 1938'.

Thanks Glover for his letter. Complains that only Glover, the Morgan family, and Dean Gardner Smith keep him up-to-date with Cambridge news. Reports that he is on sabbatical, and intends to break-up his theological library in order to read what pleases him. Sends four chapters of his 'Reminiscences'. Looks back at his time in Cambridge. Sends a photograph of his wife, himself, and their dogs, with the caption, 'We'll get some more dogs to greet you if only you'll come here'.

Sends Glover a reference to him in an article entitled 'Education for Democrary' from a New York paper.

Thanks Glover for reading his 'Reminiscences'. Refers to praise from A. D. Nock of his 'Eusebius' as corrected by Glover. Reports that he has stopped lecturing at the Union. Mentions Coffin, E. F. Scott and Moffat.

Sends Glover his book on St Peter. Fears he will not live to finish a volume on St James. Mentions Burkett, Rendel Harris, Monty James, E. F. Scott, Moffat and Parry as sobering influences on him. Expresses his pleasure in Macnaughton's arrival from Canada. Details the changes at Union, made by Coffin. Mentions his visit to Cambridge and lunch with Charlesworth. Attached is Foakes-Jackson's bookplate depicting the front gate of Jesus College drawn by his old pupil R. P. D. Nairn or Nairne.

Sends photos of Manning. Reports that Charlesworth is staying with them. Writes that he is having an argument with his collaborator Kirsopp Lake. Mentions that he has published an 'Introduction to Church History'. Invites Glover to stay during his visit to America.

Comments on Glover's 'Horace'. Reports that he is writing his University reminiscences, has had five essays on Eusebius accepted for a doctors degree at the University of Strasbourg, and hopes to get Lightfoot Scholars and H. G. Wood to produce a memorial volume on Eusebius. Refers to Lake's commentary on the Acts, delayed by the author's divorce and remarriage.

Gives Glover information about the ancestry of Fitzroy [Edward Algernon (1869-1943), speaker of the House of Commons]. Comments on the careers of Charlesworth, Abbott and Welsh. Describes a female Oxford Theology Fellow, who was sent to the Union Theological Seminary, New York, on Selbie's recommendation. Expresses his relunctance to attend Wilbur White's birthday party. Refers to a book on the English Church that he wrote for B. Baker, his book on Josephus, and a book on Eusebius that he is writing with H. G. Wood.

Congratulates Glover on his election to the office of Public Orator. Complains of the manoveuring taking place over appointing a Professor in Anatomy at Cambridge University. Indicates that Duckworth is available and has worked in the Anatomy School for years but those involved wish to appoint Elliott Smith and try to head hunt him from London. Deplores that Pigou, who he describes as a 'long haired little draft shirker', was appointed over Foxwell, and 'that ass Stanley Gardener' before Shipley. Mentions Ross, and Kelman.

Discusses Glover's book. Refers to the 'Mozley business' : 'Comber has evidently given L. Whibley a bad account of me as double faced and I feel quite differently towards him to you and Rackham who throughout conducted Mozley's case with good feeling'.