My dear Miss Smith,

It is a pleasure to have such a letter so answered, after feeling quite uncomfortable to have sent it off. Now I think I must copy off what a very able friend of mine says of the reading of Aggesden, apropos to the Saturday ‘I think that they (the SR) admire Aggesden & in fact it seems to me as little to design a moral as a plot.I should say there was ... continue reading

My dear Miss Yonge The MS. reached us safely. I will [illegible] distribution in the months

We shall be very glad to see you when you come to town. It is just possible that I may be gone to America, but my wife & sister are at home; and we recently made a valuable addition to our neighbourhood , 'the author of John Halifax',whose husband Mr Craik, has become my partner, has taken a house quite near ... continue reading

Dear Mr Macmillan Our start from home is fixed for the 30th of this month. I suppose there is no chance of my getting any copies of the Dove before I start. I was obliged to delay further by having a revise of the preface where the printers had contrived to make a good many gratuitous mistakes. I never knew Messrs Clay so long printing anything. If there is no chance of your sending me a ... continue reading

Dear Mr Macmillan, Would you be so kind as to send an order for me for Sir F. Palgraves History of Normandy and England. I cannot get my Cameo’s [sic] correct without it, and Dr Moberly’s copy on which I reckoned proves to be packed up for leaving Winchester so as to be unobtainable. I can do nothing till I get it, and though I could order it from the London Library, one is kept often ... continue reading

Dear Miss Yonge, [First page largely indecipherable, but seems to be concerned withThe Danvers Papers ]

The Sunday Library is making progress I hope. . . I have found it useful to have someone to depute the correspondence to and combat the kind of [illegible] on the spot to take matters over. A lady friend of Mrs Craik, a Miss Martin, has undertaken this. She is a lady of quite exceptional poise & cultivation, with extensive ... continue reading

Dear Mrs. Craik, Your note and enclosure have followed me to the home where I am staying a few days (in spite of the address on my paper). Many thanks for it.

I read with much interest the account of the Little Sisters in the Magazine. It is curious how they make their way with all kinds of people, even at Plymouth, the last place where I should have expected them to thrive.

Yours sincerely C M Yonge

Dear Mr Craik I shall be very happy to have the Little Duke and the Dove in the Eagle’s Nest manipulated for schools. I should think there would be little to do to the Little Duke as it was written for children. I should have thought the Lances of Lynwood more suitable than the Dove as being on English history.

I know the Eversley country is full of beauty, I once drove through it. I believe there ... continue reading

Dear Mr Craik

You will think there is no end to me, but it may save more letters if you get this before seeing Mr Carr.

1st - Could some copies be put in boards for prizes for the Board Schools at Liverpool. I suppose they could tell how many, and others might like them

2d - . If I could have a list of convenient illustrations I could make them salient points

3d - As to length, ... continue reading