Letter from Laura Riddell, Victoria Hotel, Mandalay, Burma, to her son George [in Leipzig, Germany]

Receipt of letters; Henry’s arrival in Germany; languages; care of Mrs Irvine; pastimes; recollections of rambling through forests near Bonn as a youth; her husband’s illness; journey to Mandalay; hotel accommodation; visit to the General, Deputy Surgeon General and Dr Roberts; Major Selfe; search for house in the suburbs; Dickie the bird; Burmese people; hotel residents; the Palace; surrounding countryside; Col. Rochfort; Mr Swete; return of troops to India; probable disturbance through the Russians in Afghanistan; her husband’s position; invitation to Laura to come to Mandalay; Mr Wellan’s offer of a place for George at Harrow; holidays in Norway; Mrs Irvine

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