English translations of letters dated 1 Mar. [1831?], 4 Aug. 1831, 22 Oct. 1831, 21 Nov. 1833, and 4 Jul. 1835.
Thanks for Richard Monckton Milnes' poetry, charmingly dedicated to his sister; asks how they should acknowledge it. Wished to have walked to Thornes to visit 'yourself, & dear Mrs M. Gaskell' who is a great favourite; kind remembrances from her sister also.
Bampton, Oxon [Oxfordshire]. - Invites Milnes to become a Fellow of the Literary and Art Guild of St. Nicholas, Tennyson and Dickens are already members; encloses prospectus; aim is diffusion of literature and art; nect publiation will be an anthem composed by R. B. Sankey.
Embossed notepaper, Lamington, Bigger [sic], Lanarkshire, N. B. [North Britain, ie Scotland]. - Sends report of [Literary?] Institute; Milnes must return to Glasgow; adds Latin tag and requests reply; expected Milnes to visit this season; 'Poor Scarbrough: this is a sad result of an active [gymnastic?] existence'.
Albury, Guildford. - Seeking information, as fellow council-member, on the Neophyte Society: has received tiresome letters from James Drake and wishes to sever his connection with the Society - who and what are they?
Encloses letter, 12 Oct. 1857, from James Drake, Secretary and Treasure of the Neophyte Writers' Society, to Tupper. Moor Park, Honley, Huddersfield. - Has no further interest in Tupper's reasons for resigning; councillors should be gentlemen; will treasure Tupper's note as 'the novel production of a great philosopher irate'; threatens to publish correspondene. With annotations by Tupper.
Signed W. S. Vaux, Secretary.
Great Malvern [on embossed notepaper: University, St Andrews, N.B.]. - Inaugural meeting of Wordsworth Soiety at Grasmere last night; lists aims of the Society and some of its members; the Bishop of St. Andrews [Charles Wordsworth] is President. Invites Houghton to join Council, listing other probable members; duties will be light.
General material: for individual cases of relief by the Fund see alphabetical sequence.
Stafford House. - Thanks for book; will subscribe for the Poet’s sisters.
Cox gives his address as 33 Percy Street. Note and stamp of receipt at the bottom.
'To a German Friend: on his leaving Sorrento where he was a distinguished Member of a Club'
'Galileo's Tower, Florence'
'Sonnet, To Home - Naples'
'Sonnet' (Wrong'd and ill-fated poet! thou art pas't...)
'Stanzas' (Few, few are they unto whose eyes the wan...)
'Vesuvius'
'Vesuvius - Sonnets 1-IV'
Note of dates covered on front of volume.
Head and shoulders portrait. From studio of W. T. & R. Gowland, York.
In French.
19 Dec [1850]: enclosed letter to Morton from George Stovin Venables.
Congratulations on engagement.
15 rue Git-le-Coeur, Paris. - Bill for erotic books bound [?] on Milnes' behalf.
Mattersea. - Re Milnes' appointment as a magistrate.
Ill; unable to attend at York Castle Grand Jury Room.