My dear Sir John,

I must thank you for the great pleasure you have given me by the tidings of this morning. It is the point to which we have so long worked forward that it seems as if a goal were attained though that goal be only the starting point for a severer race

It will be very remarkable if your Son’s Consecration and that of Archdeacon Mackenzie both the foremost truly Missionary Bishops should take ... continue reading

CMY introduces this letter by explaining that they had been discussing Bishop Mackenzie’s use of force against slavers in Africa: ‘In a letter to myself, written by the same mail, in reply to one in which I had begged him to consider what was the sight, to a Christian man, of slaves driven oft with heavy yokes on their necks, and whether it did not justify armed interposition, he replies with arguments that it is ... continue reading

My dear Miss Smith

At last I have made out that last year’s blunder was that one short chapter of 8 pages was entirely missed over in the counting. This half year there are 76 pp, for which the amount is naturally £9. 10- the pound added from last time makes it £10.. 10- and the slight margin Mr Mozley now allows for our good contributors enables me to make it £12.. 10- for which I ... continue reading

You know that I look upon the training up of native scholars as the real hope of something being done. But it is during the immediate stage that men of the right sort would be so valuable.

It is in my want of managing and organising an English staff far more than in my direct dealings with Melanesians that I am conscious of my great deficiencies, unfitness, in short, for the leader’s place. Think if [[person:929]Bishop ... continue reading

My dear Miss Smith, I am ashamed and concerned at not having answered you sooner. If I had known of any thing more likely to suit your purpose than Mr Ridley’s book, I should have done so, but on Saturday I waited to see whether Sunday would inspire me with any conjecture, and I am afraid I must confess that then I forgot it My experience of school work is altogether country and of girls, and ... continue reading

Dear Madam

I am much obliged for your gift of the ‘Names on the Gates of Pearl’ - I am already a great admirer of it, and introduced it to Miss Mackenzie (the sister of the late Bishop of Zululand and editor of the Net, and she has sent it to some of her Missionary friends I will do what more I can for I am sure it ought to be known.

yours truly C M ... continue reading

Dear Mr Bullock, I will try to write Abp Sancroft, and Bp Mackenzie but have you thought of asking Miss Awdry, Notton, Chippenham. She is the author of ‘An Elder Sister’ and would do Anne Mackenzie’s life excellently. She could also do well Henrietta Robertson, a grand missionary worker.

And have you thought of Mrs Macdougal who sacrificed so much-? Miss Awdry could well do all these. She edited the Gospel Missionary till lately when it ... continue reading

Dear Mr Bullock, I send Bp Mackenzie whom I had to do in haste because my book was wanted -

I think I had better take Carnarvon for the leading Cavalier for I can more easily get at his history at present than any other The Memoir of the Verneys I had once from Mudie but I should have long to wait for it again and it is an expensive book, so I will only mention him ... continue reading