Dear Mr Craik I much fear that you may be, like all the world, taking holiday for there is a scheme on which I much wish to consult you and Mr Macmillan, and which needs to be matured before the Church Congress in October.

I must explain that a good while ago, a society [was started] for raising the tone, religious and moral of the cottage women in a Hampshire town-village. This has spread till now ... continue reading

Dear Mr Innes, We shall have a good Christmas Number. All I have is excellent, and would nearly suffice

But will you consider whether it would not be better to change the printer of the Packet - Clowes has never been attentive since it was transferred to them. You know I have made continual complaints of inattention to directions, and Miss Coleridge says the same. Promises of amendment have been made, but without effect, and since the ... continue reading

Dear Mr Innes, I give my consent to the increase of your commission from 10 per cent to 12½ per cent.

We must sacrifice Gretchen and Archaeological Moss to Sister Florence who is more worthy. We cannot give up Rowling Manor-

Miss Coleridge did correct that tessellated mask - and you see she has marked on this revise that one of her other corrections this time was not attended to! I believe the defect must be that Clowes ... continue reading