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Alexander Macmillan to Charlotte Mary Yonge
Jan. 6. 1868.

My dear Miss Yonge You shall have all the new matter in slips and the old sheets as they were so that the inserting may be all made at once when it is finally settled what these are to be. I have no doubt the result will be a very satisfactory volume of which we will be proud. Later down I hope you will get [illegible] your more modern volume.

In the meantime there is a small ... continue reading

To Alexander Macmillan
Elderfield
Decr 17th [1869]
Dear Mr Macmillan, Miss Sewell and I think that it would be worth while to go on at our own expense rather than suffer the scheme to drop - since completeness is the thing it really wants to make it useful and popular. But we are inclined to try whether the Clarendon press would take it, and shall make that attempt before trying our own resources. Herewith I send the Cameos - there are four or five ... continue reading
To Alexander Macmillan
Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester.
Decr 31st [1870]

Dear Mr Macmillan Do you not think that the parallel history should come out in time for Schools to set themselves up with this winter. The one I wrote it for is crying out for it, and it seems in vain to wait for a neater finish to France than the fall of the Empire.

I am glad you give hopes of clearing off the old History of Christian Names I have them bristling with corrections, and ... continue reading

To George Lillie Craik
Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester.
March 11th 1878
Dear Mr Craik I see you are advertising a new edition of the Christian names. I hope the printing has not gone too far for the corrections to be put in. I have a copy perfectly full of them. The Greek has all manner of wrong accents. The Saturday complained of 'the frightful look of the Greek' I have the vols all corrected and have been longing for a chance to set them right. Then all ... continue reading
To George Lillie Craik
Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester.
March 13th 1878

Dear Mr Craik

I enclose the receipt with many thanks for the cheque, also for Bp Patteson and the loan of Islam.

When I can, I should like to add to Bp Patteson that the mission has learnt the manner of his death, and that it was the women who placed his body in the canoe and sent it out to meet the boat. I have not a copy left of Pioneers and Founders, so could you ... continue reading