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To Mary Drew
Elderfield Otterbourne Winchester
April 15th [1887?1]

MS British Library: Mary Gladstone Papers. Add MSS 46252: 10-11.

Dear Mrs Drew,

I was out all yesterday and could not answer your kind letter, nor thank you for the excellent paper, which I have ventured to take to Mrs Sumner, who is really the parent of the Mother’s Union. I could not use it for the Monthly Packet as I am obliged scrupulously to keep that for young girls’ reading; but there is a yet undeveloped notion of starting some kind of paper, leaflet or the like for the Mothers and if this were done, I hope we might have the use of your admirable paper.

Mrs Sumner has brought into the Mother’s Union most of the tradesmen’s wives of all degrees, and this seem to be very helpful

Yours very truly
C M Yonge

1The letter must postdate Mary Drew's marriage on 25 December 1885, and predate the letter to her of 1 February 1888 which refers to the forthcoming publication of the Mothers' Union Journal.

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/2858/to-mary-drew-3

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