Dearest Jay

If you would write to me once a fortnight how delightful it would be for we do let each other drop fearfully, and as long as my poor Gertrude is in her present state I can not go from home unles I can leave Mary Woollcombe here. She is here now, finishing a fortnights stay, during which I have been able to get a few days with the Moberlys. Near as they ... continue reading

My dear Mrs Latimer

Thank you very much for your pleasant Shakespeare book.

I have read the first three divisions of it and enjoyed it once [?]. You should suggest to your audience the series of Shakespeare Tableaux, which I once saw. They were got up by Lady Laura Ridding wife to the bishop of Southwell, who was then headmaster of Winchester college. She assigned one play to each of a set of different families and ... continue reading

Dear Sir The number of Mothers in Council must, I think have been sent by Mrs Sumner to whom I will send on one of your papers, but I think she is absent from Winchester just now, as the illness of the Bishop of Winchester throws much work on her husband. There is nothing that she and I are more anxious about than Christian education and we much desire to do all in our power to ... continue reading