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Family letters.. Correspondents include J.R. Senior, Nassau W. Senior, Henry Senior, John Mair and his nieces,.

Explains information he has provided on Thomas Duke.

(I) Schedule of contents of folder.<br>. (Ii) MS marked: 'on Elementary Education in Scotland by J. M. [? Moncrieff], 1863.'<br>. (Iii) Proposed instructions to Mr [Edwin] Chadwick by S. re Education Commission, 1859.<br>. (Iv) Report by Andrew Doyle, Poor Law Inspector on 'Pauper Education.' [Marked: 'Uncorrected Proof. May 1862' and 'Confidential'].<br>. (V) Minute by Dr Temple (1860, April 28) for the Education Commission, on the proposed method of inspecting and examining Elementary schools. [Endorsed: 'Confidential. For Members of the Commission only'].<br>. (Vi) Notes on juvenile offenders.<br>. (Vii) Printed sheet containing a series of questions circulated by the Education Commission.<br>. (Viii) A Brief Sketch of the System of Inspection of Irish National Schools by W. H. Newell, Head Inspector of National Schools ('Not Published').<br>. (Ix) A Return of the Number of Children who are now provided with Education by Aid afforded by the Guardians of Unions to their Parents...' , etc. (Parliamentary Paper, 1857).<br>. (X) Printed memorandum on the Powers of the Charity Commissioners.<br>. (Xi) Workhouse Education by 'The Workhouse Orphan', 1862 ('For Private Circulation').<br>. (Xii) Printed report sheet for a Head Inspector of the Commission.

Form Of Account of Legacy Duty on Residues of Personal Estate, etc., to be delivered by Rev. John Raven Senior, p. Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, clerk, as Executor and Administrator of the will of Charlotte Senior, late of Brock St., Bath, widow.

Thanks for pamphlets; comments on attack on Miss Fox; Lord Grey; Irish trials; flattered by Nassau William Senior's comments on Castle Hill.

Has received letter of Nov. 24; glad that their views are 'so much in unison.' Wishes he had recommended occasional sittings of Parliament in Dublin '... & proposed for consideration Royal visits.' Believes O'Connell would approve of these; hopes he will be able to discuss these matters with S. at Castle Hill.

Has heard from Lansdowne that S. is writing an article on Ireland for the Edinburgh Review; wishes to make some observations; defends Poor Law; comments on relations of landlord and tenant; opposes the suggestion that Parliament should sit occasionally in Dublin; gives reasons; comments on payment of RC clergy; is leaving for Edwinsford, Llandovery, on Monday. 'Private'.

Printed proofs, corrected by Senior, of four lectures delivered by him at Oxford (Course I Nos 1-4), consisting of (a) 'Causes that have Retarded the Progress of Political Economy', pp. 1-17; (b) 'Political Economy a mental study', pp. 18-35; (c) 'Reasons for Treating Political Economy as a Science', pp. 36-56; and (d) 'Political Economy a Positive not an Hypothetical Science - Definition of Wealth', pp. 57-76. [Published in Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy (London, 1852).]

Had hoped to go but doctor would not allow him; invites S. to dine with him and the Mohls; has been visited by Jules Cloquet, the 'first surgeon of Paris.' [Attached is a long quotation of Charles James Fox] Fox, C.

Cannot visit S. because of illness.

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to France and Switzerland (Tocqueville, Paris and Ouchy), 9 August-11 September 1861. It includes conversations with: Mdme. de Tocqueville; Beaumont; Ampere; Duvergier; Sir William Erle (1793-1880); Marochetti; Marquis Pallavicini; Dr James Alderson (1794-1882), et al. The discussions relate mainly to the political situation in France and Italy. There are also comments on Rome; social conditions in Normandy; the French Revolution; the class system in France; French literature; the political career of Tocqueville; the reign of Louis-Philippe; the American Civil War; Switzerland; legal matters; English and French art; and possible successors to Louis Napoleon.
[Published in: (i) Correspondence ... vol. II and (ii) Conversations ... during the Second Empire... ].

Journal containing notes [not in Senior's hand, but corrected by him] on Nassau William Senior's visit to France, 25 August-29 September 1860. It includes conversations with: Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868); Chrzanowski; Beaumont; Thiers; A. Chevalier; Simon; Guizot; Corneluis de Witt; Kergorlay; Corcelle; ?Drouyn de l'Huys [?A.B.]; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Changarnier; Barrot; Francois-Adolphe Chambolle (1802- ); Louis-Leonard de Loménie (1818-78); Fenelon; Merimee; Marshall Randon; Cousin; Ampere; Mme. Mohl, et al. Discussions relate mainly to the political situation in Europe, with particular attention being paid to Franco-Austrian relations; the military and political state of Italy; Russia; Turkey; Greece; Spain; Egypt; Hungary; and the Eastern Question. There are also comments on Beaumont's biography of Tocqueville; religion; education; languages; agriculture; and the events in France of 1848-51.
Notes: (1) Frontispiece: calitype photograph of Chartres; (2) S. has written on this journal 'It is requested that no part of this Journal be copied. NWS'; (3) notes [in French] in the hand of Duvergier d'Hauranne on ff. 183-184. [Published in: Conversations... during the Second Empire...].

Her son's departure to England; the sale of property in the West Indies; family news.

Future plans and his problems re his new post. Theological arguments.