Letter from Laura Riddell, in Mandalay, Upper Burma, to her daughter Laura [in Leipzig, Germany]

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Christmas wishes; house companions; payment of Mrs Irvine; frivolous spending of money; Mrs Irvine’s inadequate care; music tuition; Christmas celebrations; inability to entertain guests; Henry’s health and well being; reading; Darwin; Sir Charles and Lady Crosthwaite; servants; weather; riding; drives with Mrs Calthrop; polo

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