My dear Miss Bramston I shall have much pleasure in dining with you next Thursday It is lucky the lectures are over today, or it would not have been easy to manage it

yours sincerely C M Yonge

My dear Christabel

Writing about cheerfulness with a heavy cold in one’s head on a summer day, may be as hard as writing in the midst of a wet cricket match but I am trying to do it. I shall direct this to Hanwell, not knowing where you are at Chiddingfold I suppose with the Humberts. Have you heard that Mr Trant Bramston is going to be married, and so Miss Bramston’s occupation comes ... continue reading

My dear Percy

The houses I should prefer for a boy are

the Revd J H DuBoulay’s Southgate Hill or

the Revd J T Bramston’s Culvers’ Close

I have a weakness for a clergyman’s house, and besides, I think so highly of both the men and their wives - Mrs DuBoulay as I daresay you know was Alice Cornish sister to the Bishop of Madagascar. Both she and Mrs Bramston are very nice about the boys. Mrs Bramston’s father is [[person:2342]Archdeacon ... continue reading