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Nov: 1.1867.
Dear Miss Yonge I am very sorry indeed that you should be perplexed about this matter[.] I hope we will be able to arrange it without giving you serious trouble. I was under the impression that you understood that the volume should be about the size of the Hugh Macmillans - between 300 & 400. On May 10 I am sure I wrote to that effect.
As matters stand I think we had better publish in parts ... continue reading
My dear Miss Yonge Oct 8 1866
I have a good many things to write to you about, but I am going to confine myself at present to one.
You remember our projected Sunday Library and the several difficulties we found among those writers quite adequate for various subjects, a free Church Minister in Glasgow has written a series of papers on Natural History subjects (he is an accomplished naturalist) connected with the Bible. He has sent ... continue reading
Oct.12 1866
My dear Miss Yonge
I am glad you like my kinsmans work. I am venturing to send him your good opinion as he is a man of a genuine modesty of temper, a [<i>sic</i>]. I think he is a man of true genius. And a word of praise from a competent judge cannot but be pleasant. By all means keep the papers for leisurely [<i>sic</i>] reading. About the end of next week I should like to ... continue reading