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- 11 Jul [1860] (Creation)
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Announces that on the following Tuesday he goes to Germany, and states that he hopes that he shall not return until he can speak German fluently. Undertakes not to read any English, apart from her letters and the Times, and to speak it as little as possible. Asks her to tell Edward that he shall be in London from Friday until Tuesday morning, staying with J. J. Cowell in Hyde Park, and that he expects a visit from him. Explains that he wishes to see some friends who are going up for the Eton and Harrow match at Lords. Reports that he heard on Monday from their mother, who 'is with William at Beddgelert without Books', and states that he sent Whewell's Plato to her. Remarks that she seems to be enjoying herself. Regrets that he could not have gone down to visit his aunt Henrietta before he went abroad. Reports that he read through 'the famous Leiden [des jungen] Werthers [by Goethe]' the other day, which, he claims, he could not put down until he finished it. States that he has begun on Jean Paul, but finds him very hard. Undertakes to write from abroad. Sends his love to Edward.
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- Benson, Mary (1841-1918), wife of Edward White Benson (Subject)
- Benson, Edward White (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury (Subject)
- Cowell, John Jermyn (1838-1867), alpinist (Subject)
- Sidgwick, Mary (d 1879), mother of Henry Sidgwick (Subject)
- Sidgwick, William Carr (1834-1919), fellow and tutor at Merton College, Oxford (Subject)
- Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science (Subject)
- Crofts, Henrietta (1813-1877), aunt of Henry Sidgwick (Subject)
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) German poet (Subject)
- Richter, Johann Paul Friedrich (1763-1825) novelist and humorist, pseudonym Jean Paul (Subject)