Letters from LSA to his mother Elizabeth Amery [earlier Elizabeth Leitner] on subjects including: her travels in Europe; his visit to South Africa for the Times; army reform, particularly on keeping troops in South Africa, including LSA's dealings with Winston Churchill, Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton, General 1st Lord Kitchener [Commander-in-Chief], Arthur Balfour [Prime Minister] and Joseph Chamberlain [Secretary of State for the Colonies]; tariff reform meetings.