Dear Mr Macmillan Many thanks for your note, and its enclosure.

A French translation of Karamsin would suit me quite as well as an English one. I could make out a German one, but I am a poor German scholar, and take much longer to work at anything in that tongue. However if French cannot be had, I should of course be much obliged for a German version.

Thanks also about Lotty’s adventure. I am nearly sure ... continue reading

My dear Mr Argles I am so glad to hear there is a chance of seeing you and your daughter. I wish I could ask you to stay but my abode is small and is at this moment full. I hope we shall see you at luncheon which is naturally at two. The only time I must ask you to avoid is between three and six on Thursday when I must go to a lecture on ... continue reading

Dear Miss Walker I was much interested in your letter, though I am afraid I had not heard Miss Lawrence’s name. I believe my mother left school at 14 in consequence of her father’s very sudden death, so her career there must have been a short one. I have always thought it must have been a very good school, her knowledge was so thorough, and she taught me almost entirely except a French master ... continue reading