MS Reading University Library, uncatalogued Bell MSS/2
Gentlemen
Are you disposed to undertake the publication of four historical tales by Madame Guizot de Witt, translated from MSS which have never yet appeared in France or England?1
The subjects are the Countess of Montfort’s defence of Brittany, the childhood of Blaise Pascal and his sister, and some scenes from Madame de Sevigné’s life, and to these I could add Francis Xavier in Japan, translated by myself, but which has appeared in the Monthly Packet My name may be used as editor and I am very anxious for the publication as Mme de Witt wants means of assisting the sufferers in France
yours faithfully
C M Yonge