Dear Mr Craik

I think a letter of mine which I wrote last week to the ‘house’ must have been overlooked at least in part. I asked for a copy of the Heir of Redclyffe to be sent to myself, and a set of all my books to the Sisterhood at Wantage who want to have them to lend from their branch at Bombay

The one I asked for has never come and I have not heard ... continue reading

Dear Mr Craik

I have got into a puzzle how to manage with the further Scripture readings. Clay has printed them so slowly that I have only gone on with them when the arrival of proofs has warned me that copy would be wanted. And now I find that the volume has come to its regular size - about 250 pp in the middle of the Acts - i e when St Paul is at ... continue reading

Dear Mr Craik

Will you let Miss Carter Smith as before order some of the Scripture Readings at the price to the trade.

I wish Clay would finish off that last volume. He always sends me a proof when I am busy. I send more copy. Then he stops for another 3 months. I have now finished within about 12 chapters, but I shall be in Devonshire after Tuesday for 6 weeks, however a letter here will ... continue reading

My dear Mr Macmillan

Very hearty thanks for your kind letter, I will thankfully correct my own careless blunders, of which I know three. I have sent to the London Library for one or two of the authorities but ‘Dahn’s great work’ is not there at all, unless it is more recent than my catalogue, and I don’t think I could properly understand it if I had it

I will keep to the old lines of the ... continue reading

Dear Mr Macmillan

I am today sending Clay the last copy for the Scripture Readings, I suppose we may consider now whether the five volumes can be made more compact and profitable, and I hope Clay will finish off the present one quickly.

Thanks for sending all these notices of the Primer. It is odd I thought I had written up to MacMahon’s election, but perhaps Mr Green thought the siege made a better conclusion - and ... continue reading