My dear Miss Roberts, I am very sorry for my very stupid omission. I fancied that I had sent the money before for Ely, but I see it was not so, and I am much obliged to you for reminding me. These stamps should have come before but that our village post office requires a day’s notice when it is called upon for so large a supply.

I hope Lincoln at least will come in your ... continue reading

My dear Miss Smith, I meant to have written to you on Saturday, but was hindered. On the whole I think I should say that your case was more disappointing and vexatious than anything else, and that Mr Mozley though his conduct is decidedly provoking did not exactly deserve such strong censure.

You see his view of the case is that if a book do not answer it is no particular pleasure to anyone, ... continue reading

Dear Madam, I am much obliged for your offer of sending an account of the Queen’s visit to Cherbourg for the Monthly Packet, but I am afraid that the pages are already so fully engaged that it could hardly be inserted while it still retained the fresh interest which an article on such a subject requires. It could certainly not appear in September, nor unless very short in October, and after that the time for it ... continue reading

My dear Miss Yonge,

I leave my wife to answer the part of your letter which concerns her.

Yes: I had read your memoirs of Madame Lamourous; and our Sisters have just been reading it at meal time in the Refectory. But I am bound to tell you that I asked our Mother to mark out other observations of yours about the faith &c of the subject of your memoirs: which, to tell you the truth, I ... continue reading

My dear Marianne “Teneriffe an Astronomer’s Experiment” published by Reeve is the proper title of Piazzi Smith, [I] waited till I could [illegible] perfect in it I should think it a book quite worth sending out, very entertaining, and the writing of a sensible man. I return Elizabeth’s book of poetry, which I have been slowly enjoying, it is most beautiful, one upon the scenes of earth coming near heaven is I think my favourite

Your affectionate C ... continue reading

My dear Anne- Graham and James Yonge went away before we were up this morning, and it would all have seemed like a dream if Duke had not been there at breakfast. Alice Moberly came out in the fly that fetched us, and spent the whole day with mamma; they gave the schools some buns and sugared negus by way of celebration, and I think mamma did very well.

I think we must have made a very ... continue reading

Dear Sir, I hope I am not taking a great liberty in addressing you, but I am doing so in the hope that you will excuse me in the circumstances.

These will be best explained if you would glance at the paper entitled ‘The Little Patient’ in the October number of the Monthly Packet

The little girl there faithfully described is again in the hospital for Children with another attack of disease of the heart, now ... continue reading

My dear Mr Coleridge I send you a Post Office order for £2 which is all I can very well do for this most melancholy case, as just before Christmas is not the time for my galleons to come in. If you will send me another paper, I will forward it to some of the Gibbses who might perhaps be able to do something for the poor family. I do not know of any one else ... continue reading

Dear Miss Matcham I am afraid I can throw no light upon the question. We had it some time ago, very probably from the same quarter, and I kept it yesterday to shew to the Moberlys who were likely to have had it at the same time to see whether they could remember any answer but none of us could, and we could only come to the satisfactory conclusion that it was one of those ... continue reading