Dear Miss Yonge, I have sent on to Miss Sewell Mr Pearson’s book. Could you tell me how much - how many pages - you want to use. I think I may have an opportunity of seeing him soon. He is not likely to refuse.

The story of the Hermits(?) is really wonderful. I cannot tell you how that of Anthony [illegible] me. What moral pictures there must have been there.

I am urging the printers to ... continue reading

My dear Mr Macmillan I shall see Miss Johns on Saturday and have a consultation with her.

I have been prevented from setting about the Storehouse by the almost sudden death - the first day of this month - of one of my dear cousins - the one on whom I relied for looking out the copies of the books that I was to have from Puslinch. I have not been willing to trouble her sister to ... continue reading

My dear Miss Sewell, I shall be very glad to see you on the 2nd and hope we shall do a great deal of business together

Yours sincerely C M Yonge

Dear Mr Macmillan I agree with Miss Sewell as to the alteration, otherwise it will do very nicely. I hope to be at home on the 1st or 2nd of June

Yours sincerely C M Yonge

Dear Mr Macmillan, Have you made any arrangements with American publishers about my Scripture Readings? I think I might perhaps do so, but I should like first to know whether you have any views.

Miss Sewell is very anxious to know when the selections are to come.

I suspect you are from home.

Yours truly C M Yonge

My dear Miss Sewell, Will Friday the 21st suit you for my coming for a conference? If you think there is any thing for me to bring let me know before Wednesday. I am going, I believe, to New College on the 31st, so that I can take anything for you.

I don’t like to give up the French spelling of the names, I don’t think Count of is a parallel, since that is translated, but I ... continue reading

My dear Miss Sewell What do you say to the name, and the page—as we have in the 1st Crusade, shall you have Gibbon’s first Crusaders at Constantinople.

(N.B.—Gibbon did not blunder about the Athanasian Creed, but the American Church was not in his time.)

And is Anselm to come in.

I have sent for the introduction to re write [sic] it.

Yours sincerely C M Yonge

My dear Miss Sewell (What a horrible pen) We shall be very glad to see you whenever you can come to us in the autumn. We have no engagement in the way. I will try to get the life of St Bernard – but the London Library but I cannot say it is better than other libraries for the ease of getting books. wonder if he is among Lamartine’s biographies some of which are telling, ... continue reading