MS Harry Ransom Humanities Resource Center, University of Texas.

Dear Madam,
I was shocked indeed to see Mrs Barnard’s death in the paper and always hoped it was a false report. There was something very touching in the subject of the poem that had appeared that month. It seems to me that it might answer better to the family to publish a collection of her poems than to put them forth very slowly and dispersedly as a magazine must necessarily make them appear – as of course it could not have too much by one author. I cannot but think this would be best especially in the freshness of feeling excited by her death. Nor could I undertake the whole, as there would probably be too many, and some of her pretty pensive love poetry does not exactly fit with the tone of the Packet which has to be rather improving – But the poems on the Christmas chimes no doubt will be very engaging – May I enclose to you the 5/ due for Half Mast High It will save me a letter and I have more to write than I can well manage – If it is decided to send me some of ‘Claribel’s’ poems I shall be happy to take such as will suit the MP – but I should think a complete collection separately published more likely to be [illeg.]

Yours truly,
C M Yonge