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A note to Crook which includes a Christmas carol and thanks him for the translations of Horace.

Thanks Crook for his prompt reply and asks for Crook's reaction to Allan Ramsay's ode , including how closely it is modelled on Horace.

Note informing Crook that he, Johnson, did not make the short list for the Kettle's Yard fellowship. He mentions that his C.D. has received good reviews in two leading American record magazines.

Note to accompany his just published book, which he asks Crook to look at, before passing it on to the College library. Mentions that he has to complete an unaccompanied Cello Suite by the end of the month.

Continuing to feel 'grogg' from his operation, he talks of his visit to London the week before, where a concert (programme attached: 4 pages), which included his solo cello piece, was a great success.

Note to Crook confirming the early evening showing of his opera at the Royal Academy of Music in London on April 5th and 6th. The invitation is attached (1 page).

Informs Crook that the computer is using lots of his time and he is unconvinced that it will be a benefit. He attaches an extract of a short story that he wrote showing various stages of processing by the computer (3 pages). He mentions that the 'Festschrift' sounds fun. He defines 'wahitsi' as a made-up futuristic dance. He agrees that unaccompanied cello is a difficult medium because Bach handled it so well.

Mentions that a 'Robert Burns' CD that he edited has been released. He has sent Dr David Hill his Canonic Christmas Carol. He was sorry to hear of George Guest's death.

Mentions that he has been busy with commercial law and judicial review, so his Roman Law activity has been very limited.

Apologises for the delay in writing, but he has been moving house. Mentions that much of his work relates to commercial law and judicial review. Increasingly, 'human rights' is taking over.