- L5284.
- Ffeil
- 1871 Aug. 3.
Cornwall House Notting Hill. Her son James's love of poetry; Edwinsford should be called 'Rhydodyn'; Miss Fane's debut; Betha should get married; other matters.
Cornwall House Notting Hill. Her son James's love of poetry; Edwinsford should be called 'Rhydodyn'; Miss Fane's debut; Betha should get married; other matters.
Clapham Junction. Apologises for forgetting to pay for the cab; asks Betha to try and conquer her unreasonable sadness for the sake of her family; an architect who treated Betha and her father badly.
The Acorns [Manchester]. Sympathy on the death of Sir Donald Stewart.
The Acorns [Manchester]. Sympathy on the death of Sir James Hills-Johnes.
8 New Burlington St London. He has been in touch with the Dean of Westminster and they hope she will agree to the two volumes being published together with an option to buy them separately. Copy.
Oxford. Failure to accept her invitation; the booksellers dislike the separation of the two volumes.
Copy letter from B. to G. Bentley stating that she will set her wishes aside for his sake and that of the booksellers.
Slough. He has forwarded her the books.
Slough. The review in The Nonconformist praising Bishop Thirlwall at the expense of Dean Stanley; Alexander Ireland's interest in the second volume [of Thirlwall's letters]; a second edition may be called for; Perowne's preface; the Roman Catholics' opposition to Thirlwall.
Slough. The hurry for a second edition.
8 New Burlington St. The original MS. [of Thirlwall's letters] will not be required, and he sees no reason why Carlyle's dream should not appear in the publication. Dictated.
Upton Park. He will postpone the volume until Dean Perowne has gone over it; advice on including and omitting various stories.
Upton Park. Arrangements for a meeting; the Dean's anxiety about his father; advice about including or omitting matter.
8 New Burlington St. Enclosing copies of the agreement for the second edition of Letters to a Friend, [i.e., the Thirlwall letters to B.].
Slough. Congratulations on her engagement.
Slough. He has sent the notes and appendixes to the printers; he is too busy to attend to the agreement question.
Slough. The omission of the preface from the new edition.
Slough. His illness; the new edition is doing well.
Slough. Asking whether the Americans who reprinted the Thirlwall have asked permission.