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Written at Hotel Continental, Biarritz. Is to spend Sunday in Paris and return to London on Monday: 'the end of a very pleasant holiday & a most healthful one ...'. Has been invited to stay with Harcourt.

Written at Hotel Continental, Biarritz. Is glad that William George has had a chat with Roberts about Ashton. The weather. 'Massingham disabled with gout. Ac yn lled ddigalon ydi o dan unrhyw gystudd'. Plans to return home. Has a series of important speeches to prepare. Has been discussing the future with Margaret.

Written at Hotel Continental, Biarritz. Family news: Kids as a rule are so selfish - at least self-centred'. Describes the holiday.

Written at Hótel Continental, B Peyta, Biarritz. William George's 'charming account of the Beriah meeting': '... the history of its great success has given me more satisfaction than the victory of Cardiff over the South Africans although that also gave me like Wil Llwyd unmixed pleasure'. The tea and meeting at Berea chapel. Has been playing golf with Emmott that afternoon. Outlines his travel plans.

Written at Hótel Continental, B Peyta, Biarritz. Is anxious to receive news of the New Year festivities. The weather and the scenery. Describes a journey to the mouth of the Adour. Plans to return on Tuesday to see Harry Jones and the other Church Commissioners before they meet on Thursday.

Written at Hornsey. Is at Hornsey addressing a meeting with Tom Ellis and Herbert Gladstone. Pentrerfelin - the 'difficulty is with the Education Department'.

Written at Holie House, Wick. Outlines in some detail his proposed Newcastle speech: why an appeal should be made to the Liberal Party to adopt Disestablishment and why the Liberal Party should agree to such a measure - 'Wales wants it & no harm wd ensue to England'.

Written at Hertford College, Oxford. Expects a large audience that evening. Is to stay that night with one of the college officials who is the Liberal candidate for Mid-Oxfordshire. Rosebery was very good the previous night.

Written at Heath. Is with Moelwyn Hughes. The success of the tour thus far. The Storey case. William George should write to him at Tonypandy. There are to be Cymru Fydd meetings there the following day.

Written at Hanger Hill Golf Club, Ealing. Is playing golf with Clarke, his secretary. Has received letters from G[ ] P[ ] and the Archbishop of Canterbury and a cable from the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Will say his thanksgiving at Castle Street the following day. Has been praised even in the 'priggish' Spectator!.

Written at Hanger Hill Golf Club, Ealing. Is delighted that William George is also taking up golf: 'You ought not to allow a week to pass without one & if possible two games'. Is now going to play with Llew. Sam Evans, a coward, is resigning from the Welsh Church Commission - 'All the same he is missing his chance of making a great name in Wales. Not sorry personally. He is funking Vaughan Williams'.

Written at Gwerneinwn [sic]. 'Yr hen Archddiacon. What a thrilling horror. Beth a ddigywddodd [?] Ambition disappointed curdling the brain?' The previous day's meeting was a great success.

Written at Gwalia, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire. Is to go to Pontypridd for the conference the following day. Wishes to know how registration is proceeding. Has decided to go for the Bar and is urged to do so by Marchant Williams. Wishes William George to forward the necessary papers.

Written at Gwalia, Llandrindod Wells. Has heard from a very intelligent boy from Caernarfon that twenty votes are being lost because of W. J. Williams conducting the cases in the court at Caernarfon - 'hollol inept'. The next day a large number of objections and good claims come up, but poor advocacy in the court could cost thirty of these. Begs William George to go to the court. Has been advised it would be unwise for him [D. Lloyd George] to go there. Legal cases. 'A myn siarad dros y blaid'.

Written at Gwalia House, Llandrindod Wells. Had promised Dr G. B. Clarke MP to visit Scotland and address a meeting at Aberdeen. Has now received an enigmatic telegram from Clarke and is at a loss what to do. Clarke 'is a very wealthy fellow & as he talks of starting an evening paper in London. I should like to be well in with him'. Believes Clarke would like him [D. Lloyd George] to address meetings in his constituency. 'I am in a dickens of a fix'.

Written at Gwalia Hotel, Llanrindod Wells. 'Wedi glanio ein dau yn ddiogel. Balchder mawr gan bawb ein gweled yma'. There is to be a public meeting the following evening.

Written at Gwalia Hotel, Llandrindod Wells. 'Llwyddiant mawr ydyw'r gynhadledd. Cariais boreu heddyw yn gwyneb gwrthwynebiad cryf benderfyniad chwyldroadol yn ffafr ymreolaeth all round'. Changed only a few words to please Thomas Gee. 'I fairly rushed the Council by as final reply. Some of them didn't like it & they'll like it less tomorrow but they had to vote for it'. Includes a note from Margaret Lloyd-George, '... Dim ond gogio altro ddaru'r brawd a siaradodd yn benigamp. ... Pawb wedi colli mewn admiration o'i oratory a'r wraig nid y lleiaf'.

Written at Gwalia Hotel Ltd., Llandrindod Wells. All has gone well. Saw Haydn last night at Church Stretton with his brother and Sylvester Horne.

Written at 'Groglith', Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. Is departing. William George should write the following day to the Post Office at Killarney and to Galway on Sunday and Monday. Then returns to this hotel.

Written at Grogarth, Acton. The success of the meeting at Poplar. Has been playing golf that day. Is accompanied by Sir Alfred Thomas.