My dear Miss Blackburne I have advised this Sister Margaret Paulu to write to you about her appeal, as you might manage to get it in for her. I did not know her Mother, they lived beyond our neighbourhood, but my father knew hers well in magistrate's business, as Col A'Court, and had a great regard for him as an excellent person

yours sincerely C M Yonge

My dear C C Your paper on Novels is excellent, I only got it yesterday, as our paper boy is a blunderer. The three ladies are capital and the letting off the colourless novels without principles at all is quite true, and to the point. Miss Blackburne wrote me an account of her Authors club, I should not like to have such a thing to manage. Miss Cholmondely is the head I ... continue reading

My dear Miss Blackburne

Thank you for the sight of this. I have sent the review on to Mr Shorthouse. That Glasgow paper must have clever people belonging to it, for they always make notices to the purpose

I have sent the proof to the printers, and hope it will get in this next April number.

It is very interesting to see what Mr Shorthouse likes as his interpretation Artistically I think it was a great ... continue reading

Here are two proofs of your conversation, which, by-the-by, must be headed 'A Conversation on Books.' It will not go in this time, so you will have plenty of opportunity to do what you please with it. A conversation on Archbishop Trench's book must precede it, to give the old man a chance of hearing it, as it is by a young relation of his own - young, I ... continue reading

Thank you for your letter and exposition of Lord Hartington's views. I think it is very hard on Lords Salisbury and Iddesleigh, who have been stanch, [sic] religious Churchmen all their lives, to be accused of making a party cry of the Church's danger; and it was not they, but the Record, who published the scheme of the 400 robbers. It seems to me that, if Lord Hartington and ... continue reading

I could not get time to answer your last letter immediately, as I have been very busy in various ways, and, as you may suppose, much disappointed in the elections, in proportion no doubt to your satisfaction. But I see no safety now, humanly speaking, for the Church, or anything else that is worth preserving, unless the moderate Liberals will make a stand, which I see no sign of their ... continue reading

I can’t help being attracted by ghost discussions, and there are some things that I very decidedly believe.

I don’t care much for Nuttie myself. I am getting too old to write of the swing of modern life; I don’t see enough of it.