Sir,

The Revd Dr Littledale has encouraged me to send you the book that I hope may arrive by the same mail as this letter, namely the History of Christian names, in the hope that you will kindly point out and correct the errors in the portion upon Cymric names, which I know are done with much greater disadvantages than those which have been elucidated by more modern authorities than I could obtain for the Welsh. ... continue reading

My dear Christabel

Pretty well all I could pick up about those four Portuguese brothers is in a cameo. They must have been splendid people particularly Enrique and they had a curious resemblance to their first cousins - Henry IV’s sons – You know ‘The Constant Prince’ is the name of a play of Calderon’s about him but I don’t think that would help you much. There is a translation either by Abp Trench ... continue reading