xxxviu ANGLO-GERMAN SOCIETY 223 



15 Lombard Street, E.G., 

 Wth December 1905. 



Dear Mr. Bonar Law — I do not suppose any Free 

 Trader would agree with you that our manufactures are 

 " largely excluded from the German market." 



Moreover, if the amount of our trade with Germany 

 is diminished, and our manufacturers suffer, we maintain 

 that Germany's trade with neutral markets is still 

 further diminished and our exports thereby gain as 

 much as, or more than they lose. 



But why single out Germany ? just when relations 

 are rather strained, and Biilow wants an excuse for his 

 Navy Bill ? If Germany charges 25%, France, Italy, 

 the United States and Russia have — as you know — 

 even higher average duties. — I am, yours sincerely, 



AVEBURY. 



His summary for the year runs : 



There have been new cheap editions of The Pleasures 

 of Life, The Use of Life, The Beauties of Nature, Free 

 Trade, and The Scenery of Switzerland. I also brought 

 out at last my Life History of British Flowering Plants. 



Eric went to Eton. 



Harold passed his Little-go at Cambridge. 



Irene married H. Pelham. 



