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- 1924 (Creation)
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1 volume, paper
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On the first page is a list of books read during the year.
On the second page is a list of plays seen during the year.
On the last pages are details of his income arranged per term listing fees from pupils.
Gives a list of residents at Oratory House and his pupils.
19 March - Went with Joe Harmsworth to spend a month in Boulogne.
21 March - Bought a bronze Rooster.
1 July - Travelled to Poitiers where he joined some pilgrims at St Radegund's tomb [the Patron Saint of Jesus College].
4 July - Arrived in Spain where he did a summer course at the University of Madrid.
10 August - In Brighton tutoring Joe Harmsworth and giving Lady Harmsworth Italian lessons.
25 August - Lady Harmsworth received a wire from Stresa to say her eldest son was ill. She, Joe and FB left for Italy.
26 August - Arrived in Stresa and was introduced to Lord Rothermere.
3 September - Received a letter from Francesco Nitti [living as an exile in Zurich] asking FB to translate his new book.
4 September - Arrived in Zurich to meet Francesco Nitti "an interesting and amiable man" [in his autobiography FB says that Nitti was a chain smoker and non-smoker in alternate years, this being a non-smoking year.]
21 November - Went to the registry to pay his MA fee of £3 to the Varsity and to the Senate House to be admitted MA.