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Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester.
April 23rd 1874

MS Girton College Cambridge, Yonge XV 1

Dear Mr Furnivall
I am afraid I cannot now read the books mentioned, as they have drifted out of my reach and I have much less time than I had in the old times when it was undertaken1

Yours truly
C.M. Yonge

1CMY and her mother had been recruited by Furnivall among the readers collecting quotations for the project which was to become the New English Dictionary.
Cite this letter


The Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge(1823-1901) edited by Charlotte Mitchell, Ellen Jordan and Helen Schinske.

URL to this Letter is: https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/yonge/2498/to-frederick-james-furnivall-7

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