MS University of Manchester Ryl Eng. MS 734/183
My dear Mr Coleridge1
I am very much obliged to you for so kindly undertaking the enquiry at Goslings which must be the preliminary to any undertaking in the cause of the Bells.2 I would not however have given you the trouble of reading my thanks had I not been charged with a message to you from Mrs Keble She obtained a promise from Mrs Selwyn when in England that little John might sometimes visit them in the holidays, and she would much like to have him for a little while this Easter but she does not know to whom to write for him, nor whether he might like to come, and as Mr Keble is so busy that she is afraid he will hardly have time to write before Easter to you, she desired me to ask you if you could tell her how the visit can be managed or if likely to be agreeable to the boy (as I should think it would be). What Fanny Patteson lent me was her copies from Coley’s letters and journals; of which probably you have seen more details. The description of the scenery of those tropical islands delighted us extremely.
Mrs Abraham had had a bad influenza and feverish attack, but was much better when she wrote.
With many thanks for the kindness of your note
yours very sincerely
C M Yonge