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Dear Madam,
I waited to thank you for the kind manner in which you answered my last note, until I could send you the proofs for the present month. I think the St Patrick division a particularly interesting one, and take great delight in the Star of Bethlehem. I have taken out the S in the name of the poet Wither, as I believe it has no right there. I know several of his descendants who ... continue reading
My dear Margaret
So many thanks for sending me Miss Smedley. I had a good deal of her in the Readers, but I shall borrow more now. I wish her verses had been more known but I think they will grow into part of the common stock of knowledge of poetry in our youth. I sincerely rejoice at your brother’s appointment not only is it good for him, but what a load it takes from your ... continue reading