Scope and Contents Flyleaf inscribed 'Diary of Margaret Smith. Preston. July 1916 (continued)'. M S continues with war work, has a number of interviews for teaching and accepts a post at Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School, where she teaches history during 1917, occasionally affected by the events of war. She returns to Cairo in January 1918, in spite of wartime risks (9 February 1918 - 'Ship astern of us' is torpedoed - 'We got into lifebelts & stood by the boats - - - ') for a mix of Government work, Arabic...