Subjects covered are H. H. Vivian's shooting expeditions; their children; gossip; the area around High Force, Middleton in Teesdale (A1421); his intention to buy a herd of Shorthorn cattle (A1425); his dislike of Irish MPs (A1430); his trip to Norway (A1445-1448); taking H. H. Vivian the younger to boarding school at Aldershot; problems of Averil Vivian's pregnancy; troubles with the business and the formation of a company.
Subjects covered are the funeral of Lord Dudley (A1479); a trip to Norway; the Irish Debate in parliament on April 1st 1887 (A1492); the Coercion Bill in Ireland.
Subjects covered are grouse shooting in Yorkshire and elsewhere; county council meetings; the death of Lovat; details of how to cope with an epileptic fit (A1521), as H. H. Vivian the younger seemingly suffered such fits; the house and gardens at Combe Abbey, Coventry (A1522); extensions at Singleton (A1528); the removal of all furniture from Park Wern (A1544); suspension of Parnell from parliament (A1552).
Subjects covered are grouse shooting; a poem by ?H. H. Vivian (A1560); a mining accident at one of his pits (A1562); a visit to Hildersheim to see H. H. Vivian the younger (A1566); end of a strike at Hafod Isha (A1583); the death of many friends from influenza (A1585); Alba's illness diagnosed as a heart murmur (A1586); the death of Harriet, the maid, in their London house (A1587); another journey to Norway (A1606); H. H. Vivian the younger's illness (A1609).
Subjects covered are grouse shooting in Barnsley; dull business prospects (A1611); the intention to sell the Shorthorn herd at Park (A1616); need for repairs at 27 Belgrave Sq., London (A1617); being paired in parliament, Feb. to Easter 1893, and thus able to take Averil Vivian to the West Indies to recover (A1618); a party at Singleton (A1624); scolding Averil Vivian for her foolhardiness, that caused her illness (A1625); arrangements for a visit to Scotland; the coalminers' strike (A1636); death of Willie Llewellyn (possible suicide) (A1638); possibility of a copper union; H. H. Vivian's increasing inability to swallow food without choking (A1655); Averil Vivian's trip to Nice for health reasons (A1656); the decision not to enter into a copper union; resignation of Gladstone (A1662); H. H. Vivian's worsening health (A1664); diagnosis of gout in his foot (A1669).
