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Dear Mr Macmillan
I am not certain whether it was mentioned that sheets of the Trial were to be sent to Messrs Williams and Norgate to be forwarded to M. Tauchnitz. He has just written to me to ask for them which makes me mention it.
I send the chapters of The Trial, all but the three last, which shall follow in a week or fortnight.
Yours faithfully C. M. Yonge
... continue readingDear Mr Macmillan, I send both title page and the proof of the statuette, which is indeed most beautiful and suggestive. I wrote yesterday about the title page. I could not do so before as I only came home late on Saturday and the Sunday post goes early. I enclose the list of presentation copies
Yours sincerely C M Yonge
Will you be kind enough to send the sheets of the Golden Deeds to Messrs Williams & Norgate for ... continue reading
Dear Miss Yonge I sent the copy Golden Deeds to the Princess addressed as you wished to her governess by post yesterday. I hope it will reach her soon.
The copy of 'Christian Names' I sent to Mdme de Witt through Messrs Williams & Norgate, as it would have been expensive to send by post, and moreover would have been apt to get bruised and battered, being large and heavy. They explain that they have not parcels ... continue reading
Dear Mr Macmillan Will you direct this on if you know the address - if not perhaps Mr Williams would kindly do so. M. Pichot wrote to ask my sanction for translation of the Dove, and I answered that I had already given permission to Mlle Souvestre. But the next thing I heard was that Mlle Souvestre had given it up for want of time so that I must write to him again, and I had ... continue reading
Dear Madam The best modern prints in point of art are Hoffman’s series, uncoloured, only the Gospels. I have seen a beautiful edition given by the Duchess of Albany to Bishop Harold Browne’s grandchildren. I think they could be had from Williams and Norgate. The only fault is a certain weakness in the Divine face. There is a fairly good series of ‘Sunday Picture books’ - each little book /6 -drawn by André edited by Rev ... continue reading