Dear Miss Erskine,

Many thanks for so kindly enquiring to satisfy the Salisbury correspondent. I will wait till this day week to answer him; in case you should have more particulars for me, I wonder whether he wants to make any use of the story, which should I am sure be widely known, I have no longer the address of Miss Blanch Shelley who sent it to me, and with whom it was a tradition from ... continue reading

My dear Miss Erskine I have asked Ivanovna to write to you herself as what I know comes chiefly from her. She is Miss Johanna Batty, I believe her father was a general, and she is very learned in all charities.

In haste yours sincerely C M Yonge

My dear Miss Erskine, Your letter only came to me this morning as you see I am on my travels - so though it is before Tuesday, I think I had better answer to May. I shall be at 45 Westbourne Terrace for a few days after Wednesday, and shall I hope have a good sight of Mary Coleridge whom I have quite missed in Devonshire

I have told Ivanova (Miss Batty) of the Institution, and if ... continue reading