Dear Miss Yonge,

I hope to send you in a day or two a small book I have written about travels in Iceland which were made by me chiefly on the track of various old Sagas, in which I was greatly interested. The book indeed treats of the country from the point of view of its literature. I need not say how pleased I should be if my old friend the ‘Monthly Packet’ liked it enough ... continue reading

Dear Mr Innes

I specially desired Clowes to put two chapters of the Norse Literature in type, and send them at once, because Miss Oswald wanted time to send them to Iceland. You said there was no reason they should not. Now they have just sent in the proof of only one - so that they have evidently never heeded my letter.

I am sorry because Miss Oswald must think it my fault.

Yours truly C M ... continue reading