81. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills enclosing 'Leaves from a Diary', 26 July to 6 August, recording arguments over Sunday labour, religious discussions, the bases of Eastern words, their use in the English language and the Waverley novels of Sir Walter

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Papers of Sir Charles Stewart AddisPP MS 14

DIARIESPP MS 14/001

LETTER BOOKSPP MS 14/002

LETTER BOOK 7 JANUARY 1886 TO JUNE 1887PP MS 14/002/064

LETTER BOOK 15 JUNE 1887 TO 13 APRIL 1888 & 14 MAY 1889 TO 14 MAY 1890PP MS 14/002/065

LETTER BOOK 18 MAY 1890 TO 4 APRIL 1892PP MS 14/002/066

LETTER BOOK 3 APRIL 1892 TO 17 NOVEMBER 1893, 30 MARCH 1896 TO 29 NOVEMBER 1898 & 20 DECEMBER 1900 TO 2 FEBRUARY 1902PP MS 14/002/067

1. From Calcutta. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on Hassell's death and personal matters.PP MS 14/002/067/001

2. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Gray on the death of her nephew, Hassell.PP MS 14/002/067/002

3. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on religious reading and practice.PP MS 14/002/067/003

4. Letter from Charles Addis to Dr George Thin on opium and life in Calcutta.PP MS 14/002/067/004

5. Letter from Charles Addis to father with thanks for a family photo and on business matters.PP MS 14/002/067/005

6. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie with comments on his, Michie's, pamphlet on missionaries.PP MS 14/002/067/006

7. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on opium.PP MS 14/002/067/007

8. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills describing the Kidderpore institutions for the illegitimate daughters of army officers, Hassell's death, the poor state of banking in China and affairs in Tibet.PP MS 14/002/067/008

9. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/009

10. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills, commenting briefly on the writings of Admiral Peng Yu-lin, Sir William Hunter, historian, Kipling, and a speech of W.E. Gladstone, statesman.PP MS 14/002/067/010

11. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Tibetan affairs, arguments for and against paying tribute and Kipling.PP MS 14/002/067/011

12. Letter from Charles Addis to father on hopes of becoming acting Agent during the illness of the Agent, Veitch.PP MS 14/002/067/012

13. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on illness among Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Calcutta staff and Addis's temporary position in charge.PP MS 14/002/067/013

14. Letter from Charles Addis to Cameron on Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) affairs.PP MS 14/002/067/014

15. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the reasons for sickness in the Calcutta office and on Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) work, including a description of a run on the Bank following the failure of the New Oriental Banking CorporatPP MS 14/002/067/015

16. Letter from Charles Addis to Smith 'In business things are just about as bad as they can be.' A long and detailed letter on banking matters.PP MS 14/002/067/016

17. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on her separation from her husband.PP MS 14/002/067/017

18. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/018

19. From Darjeeling. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on a visit to Darjeeling and family matters.PP MS 14/002/067/019

20. From Calcutta. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/020

21. From Rangoon. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/021

22. At sea. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills, a long and detailed letter describing the fellow passengers on the way to Chittagong, meetings there, the journey to Rangoon and ideas for bringing up children.PP MS 14/002/067/022

23. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Thorburn on paying for Minnie's schooling.PP MS 14/002/067/023

24. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on religious matters, enclosing a similar letter of 4 September.PP MS 14/002/067/024

25. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on learning Burmese and impressions of Rangoon. Very faint.PP MS 14/002/067/025

26. Letter from Charles Addis to brother George on a visit from Veitch and talks with him on Addis's move to Burma.PP MS 14/002/067/026

27. Letter to Murray Stewart, dated December. Very faint and largely indecipherable.PP MS 14/002/067/027

28. Indecipherable letter, probably to father.PP MS 14/002/067/028

29. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on religion.PP MS 14/002/067/029

30. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Annie on religion and religious reading.PP MS 14/002/067/030

31. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/031

32. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, a detailed description of a voyage to Bassein on the Irrawaddy river.PP MS 14/002/067/032

33. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on her future plans.PP MS 14/002/067/033

34. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, a detailed description of the visit to Bassein.PP MS 14/002/067/034

35. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop asking her to forward letters of 16 and 24 January to Mills.PP MS 14/002/067/035

36. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on the future of their sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/036

37. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on their sister Crop and brother Willie and on life in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/037

38. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on religious communities in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/038

39. Indecipherable and incomplete letter to an unidentified correspondent.PP MS 14/002/067/039

40. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on the future of their sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/040

41. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Michie and his opium pamphlet, an opium control experiment in Burma and meeting the missionary, J. Hudson Taylor.PP MS 14/002/067/041

42. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on their sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/042

43. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on religion.PP MS 14/002/067/043

44. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on health and personal matters.PP MS 14/002/067/044

45. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on the problems of family correspondence and meeting the sinologue, E.H. Parker.PP MS 14/002/067/045

46. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/046

47. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie with good wishes on his return to England.PP MS 14/002/067/047

48. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on a visit to Moulmein and family news.PP MS 14/002/067/048

49. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/049

50. Letter from Charles Addis to father on sister Etta, life in Rangoon and hopes for a visit home.PP MS 14/002/067/050

51. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta recommending a visit home.PP MS 14/002/067/051

52. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on sister Etta and the problems of family correspondence.PP MS 14/002/067/052

53. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, on 'a deathful year' and a detailed description of a storm in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/053

54. Letter from Charles Addis to father on the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) dividend. 'We are all very proud of the result after such bad times as we have experienced.'PP MS 14/002/067/054

55. Letter from Charles Addis to McLeish, on acquaintances in Tientsin and the progress of the Literary and Dramatic Society and library, with a postscript in which Addis considers his own character and family history.PP MS 14/002/067/055

56. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Cartwright on travels in India and Burma and the desire to return to China. 'There is charm - perhaps we feel it more at a distance - in the still quiet of China.'PP MS 14/002/067/056

57. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Fraser on her poetry.PP MS 14/002/067/057

58. Letter from Charles Addis to father on British politics.PP MS 14/002/067/058

59. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/059

60. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on life in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/060

61. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on their sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/061

62. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/062

63. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on work as Treasurer of the Dufferin Hospital.PP MS 14/002/067/063

64. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Jean [Jane], personal.PP MS 14/002/067/064

65. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on reading matter.PP MS 14/002/067/065

66. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/066

67. Letter from Charles Addis to father on the Jubilee celebrations at his church, the Free Church, Morningside, Edinburgh, and on spiritual reading and family affairs.PP MS 14/002/067/067

68. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on religious riots in Rangoon. 'It seems as if religion were never to be freed from the stain of blood and passion. And the truth comes home amid such scenes as these.'PP MS 14/002/067/068

69. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on meeting E.H. Parker and a discussion on concubinage.PP MS 14/002/067/069

70. Letter from Charles Addis to father on sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/070

71. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on a mother's character.PP MS 14/002/067/071

72. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on life in Rangoon and marriage.PP MS 14/002/067/072

73. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on evolution.PP MS 14/002/067/073

74. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on evolution, newspaper writing, life in Peking and health.PP MS 14/002/067/074

75. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on the weather and the possibility of further riots.PP MS 14/002/067/075

76. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on evolution.PP MS 14/002/067/076

77. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on life in China and the death of Addis's former colleague, Veitch.PP MS 14/002/067/077

78. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on family health and the character of Moir, a clergyman in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/078

79. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Jean [Jane] on family matters, plans for leave and a return posting East.PP MS 14/002/067/079

80. Letter from Charles Addis to father on the fall in value of the rupee, 'outlook far from hopeful', and banking in Australia.PP MS 14/002/067/080

81. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills enclosing 'Leaves from a Diary', 26 July to 6 August, recording arguments over Sunday labour, religious discussions, the bases of Eastern words, their use in the English language and the Waverley novels of Sir WalterPP MS 14/002/067/081

82. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie enclosing 'Leaves from a Diary' as above.PP MS 14/002/067/082

83. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on Addis's election as a manager of the Presbyterian Church in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/083

84-85. Letter from Charles Addis to Jackson, a formal application for leave and covering letter.PP MS 14/002/067/084

86. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on their sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/086

87. Letter from Charles Addis to nephew Tom on stamp collecting.PP MS 14/002/067/087

88. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on the possibility of leave and family matters.PP MS 14/002/067/088

89. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on the advantages to her of a visit home.PP MS 14/002/067/089

90. Letter from Charles Addis to J. Cornwall of Allahabad on golf club subscription and acquaintances in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/090

91. 'Leaves from a Diary' on formal religion and the spiritual life. 'If our lives do not influence others be sure no mere words will.'PP MS 14/002/067/091

92. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Fraser on sonnet writing, stamp collecting and leave plans.PP MS 14/002/067/092

93. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on the whereabouts of an acquaintance, David King.PP MS 14/002/067/093

94. Letter from Charles Addis to father on sister Etta and other family affairs and life in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/094

95. 'Leaves from a Diary' concerning attitude to life and Sunday observance.PP MS 14/002/067/095

96. Very faint personal letter to father, dated September.PP MS 14/002/067/096

97. Letter from Charles Addis to J.W. Jamieson, a friend in Peking, on life in Peking, attitudes to religion and the future.PP MS 14/002/067/097

98. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills enclosing a copy of Jamieson's letter above and writing of the character of Jamieson and leave plans.PP MS 14/002/067/098

99. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, with news of early leave.PP MS 14/002/067/099

100. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on leave plans.PP MS 14/002/067/100

101. Letter from Charles Addis to brother-in-law Robert, husband of Crop, on the character and writings of Kipling, travels in India and California and the writings of George Meredith.PP MS 14/002/067/101

102. 'Leaves from a Diary' describing visits to Rangoon hospital and lunatic asylum.PP MS 14/002/067/102

103. 'Leaves from a Diary' describing an incident at Rangoon golf club.PP MS 14/002/067/103

104. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta offering to visit her in Australia.PP MS 14/002/067/104

105. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta sending money.PP MS 14/002/067/105

106. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart, on poetry, E.H. Parker, concubinage and plans for home leave.PP MS 14/002/067/106

107. 'Leaves from a Diary' recording criticism by a minister of Addis's Sunday golfing and Addis's anxiety for home leave.PP MS 14/002/067/107

108. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on plans for leave and life in Rangoon.PP MS 14/002/067/108

109. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on leave plans.PP MS 14/002/067/109

110. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on their sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/110

111. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on evolution and religious matters.PP MS 14/002/067/111

112. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on visits to Mandalay and Bhamo.PP MS 14/002/067/112

113. Letter from Charles Addis to Jackson, a confidential letter giving Addis's opinion of an unnamed Calcutta Agent.PP MS 14/002/067/113

114. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/067/114

115. 'Leaves from a Diary' on religious discussions.PP MS 14/002/067/115

116. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on family matters and meetings with acquaintances.PP MS 14/002/067/116

117. 'Leaves from a Diary' describing a thunderstorm and associated religious meditations.PP MS 14/002/067/117

118. From Shanghai. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills, a long and very detailed letter about Chinese loans.'The high water mark of Chinese government borrowing has been reached. Some new form of security - railways for choice - must now be devised', alsoPP MS 14/002/067/118

119. From Hankow. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Jane on family matters.PP MS 14/002/067/119

120. At sea. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie congratulating him on a newspaper article on South Africa and describing a visit to Japan, and, in detail, a business visit to Korea. 'The influence of Russia is creeping like a shadow over the land.'PP MS 14/002/067/120

121. From Hankow. Letter from Charles Addis to Wade Gard'ner, a detailed description of visiting Korea to advise on plans for a National Bank, with comments on Korean finance, 'a miserably poor country', and Russian and Japanese influences there.PP MS 14/002/067/121

122. From Seoul. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills, a long and detailed letter about Li Hung-chang, South African affairs and the characters of O'Conor, Walter Hillier, Jordan and Sir Claude MacDonald of the British legation in Peking, R.B. Moorhead of tPP MS 14/002/067/122

123. From Hankow. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills with 'Leaves from an Eastern Diary' describing an argumentative meeting with Miss Gollock, an Society for the Propagation of the Gospel [SPG] missionary, commenting on missionary life, especially salariPP MS 14/002/067/123

124. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on the character of bankers and Addis's ambition 'to raise the status of the Banker in the Far East' and his work on his Korean report.PP MS 14/002/067/124

125. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on the Korean report, meeting Miss Gollock, and Addis's son Tom.PP MS 14/002/067/125

126. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on binding his letters to Addis and the memories evoked by them.PP MS 14/002/067/126

127. From Shanghai. Letter from Charles Addis to G.M. Playfair, a consul at Ningpo, personal, enclosing a poem.PP MS 14/002/067/127

128. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Russian, Japanese and British activities in Korea and Manchuria. 'It is no use crying over spilt milk but what a blunder Roseberry [sic] made in not joining Russia and Germany on turning Japan out of Liaotung.'PP MS 14/002/067/128

129. Letter from Charles Addis to brother George on a visit to Snowy Valley and the death and financial affairs of their uncle Robert.PP MS 14/002/067/129

130. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on religious and family matters.PP MS 14/002/067/130

131. 'Leaves from a Diary' on a theological debate Addis attended and on his children.PP MS 14/002/067/131

132. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart regretting lack of free time and commenting on the Boxer "Rebellion" and the 'Yellow Peril', with 'Leaves from a Diary', 20-26 December describing Walter Hillier's 'sickening account of the reign of terrorPP MS 14/002/067/132

133. Letter from Charles Addis to F.F. Raper on the position of Chinese converts in Northern China.PP MS 14/002/067/133

134. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on newspapers and newspaper letters on the condition of China, with 'Leaves from a Diary', 28 December 1900 to 6 January 1901, on the condition of China and on the character of Hart who 'has been cooped up in PekingPP MS 14/002/067/134

135. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on China. 'We are in a far worse position than we were before the terms were accepted.'PP MS 14/002/067/135

136. Letter from Charles Addis to Bishop Moule replying to criticism of Addis's speech to St John's College, Shanghai.PP MS 14/002/067/136

137. Letter from Charles Addis to the Editor, The Shanghai Mercury, on missionaries, signed X.PP MS 14/002/067/137

138. 'Leaves from a Diary' on Addis's four children.PP MS 14/002/067/138

139. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on personal and family affairs.PP MS 14/002/067/139

140. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on the future of China and of Russia in Manchuria.PP MS 14/002/067/140

141. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Admiral Bruce. 'I hold him responsible in great measure for the stain cast upon the British name in China', and on Hart.PP MS 14/002/067/141

142. Letter from Charles Addis to Aunt Mansfield on the Addis children.PP MS 14/002/067/142

143. Letter from Charles Addis to G.E. Morrison, on a disagreement over land negotiations. Possibly not sent.PP MS 14/002/067/143

144. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on correspondence with Morrison and acquaintances.PP MS 14/002/067/144

145. 'Leaves from a Diary' on policy in China, 'We must stand by the old regime', and recent failures of British policy in North China and Manchuria.PP MS 14/002/067/145

146. 'Leaves from a Diary' on the failings of British officers.PP MS 14/002/067/146

147. 'Leaves from a Diary' on visiting Hakone, Japan and on Addis's five children.PP MS 14/002/067/147

148. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the British officer. 'What I contend is that the army, compared with other professions, is stupid.'Undated and very faint, thoughts on metaphysics.PP MS 14/002/067/148

149. Letter from Charles Addis to brother-in-law Robert with congratulations on the birth of his son.PP MS 14/002/067/149

150. Letter from Charles Addis to Aunt Mansfield on family matters.PP MS 14/002/067/150

151. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Annie on reading matter, daughter Robina and her namesake, their mother, and the affairs of their sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/067/151

152. 'Leaves from a Diary' on Chinese affairs, the Emperor's possible successor, the death of Li-Hung-chang and thoughts on the death of Marquis Tseng (Tseng Chi-tse), payment of indemnity, import of silver, and the character of the Chinese.PP MS 14/002/067/152

153. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie on the visit of Guy Hillier from Peking and other acquaintances.PP MS 14/002/067/153

154. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on writing newspaper articles on Chinese indemnity.PP MS 14/002/067/154

155. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom inquiring about the son of a Shanghai acquaintance and on children. 'Let us hope we shall never be without a baby in the house for a long time to come.'PP MS 14/002/067/155

156. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills, personal. Very faint.PP MS 14/002/067/156

157. At end loose, memoranda on payment and allowances, 1901-02, not by Addis.PP MS 14/002/067/157

LETTER BOOK 2 FEBRUARY 1902 TO 20 MARCH 1904PP MS 14/002/068

LETTER BOOK 27 APRIL 1895 TO 1 FEBRUARY 1897PP MS 14/002/069

LETTERS TO ADDIS AND LADY ADDIS FROM THEIR FAMILIESPP MS 14/003

LETTERS FROM VARIOUS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUESPP MS 14/004

LETTERS FROM JOHN FLEMINGPP MS 14/005

LETTERS FROM SIR JAMES HALDENE STEWART LOCKHARTPP MS 14/006

LETTERS FROM ALEXANDER MICHIEPP MS 14/007

CORRESPONDENCE WITH DUDLEY MILLSPP MS 14/008

CORRESPONDENCE WITH MURRAY STEWARTPP MS 14/009

LETTERS EXCHANGED BETWEEN ADDIS, LADY ADDIS AND THEIR CHILDRENPP MS 14/010

PERSONAL PAPERSPP MS 14/011

BUSINESS PAPERSPP MS 14/012

PAPERS RELATING TO BANK OF ENGLANDPP MS 14/013

LETTERS FROM MONTAGU NORMANPP MS 14/014

LETTERS FROM JOHN SHIELD NICHOLSONPP MS 14/015

SPEECHES AND ARTICLESPP MS 14/016

NEWSPAPER CUTTINGSPP MS 14/017

THE REV. WILLIAM ADDISPP MS 14/018

PHOTOGRAPHSPP MS 14/019

BLUE BOOKSPP MS 14/020

ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DONATED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER C.P. ADDIS, RN, MBEPP MS 14/021