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Re memorial to John Keble.

Declares that she has only kept a few of Mrs [Ranke's] letters. Refers to the latter's meeting of, and her marriage to, her husband, and of how she looked down on 'her fellow Hausfrau', who she claimed did not appreciate 'K[eble's] Christian G[ ].' Reports that the latter was not at that time universally appreciated in England, and that it was called by Professor [Blanc] 'The Sunday Puzzle'. With reference to middle class German women, refers to an enclosed letter [not included] 'from the daughter of a distinguished [ ]', which illustrates her meaning. Refers to some of Margaret Klopstock's letters, which she was looking over the evening before, and observes that they are exactly how Mrs [Ranke] would have written them. Mentions that she once visited 'his' grave, on which the epitaph described him as 'Germany's greatest poets'. This description she declares to be 'a [big] fib'. Sends her regards to Mrs Sidgwick. Expresses her confusion regarding how to address Sidgwick, i.e., with 'Professor' or with 'Dr.'

Volume of letters arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with usually no more than one letter per person, each correspondent identified at the top of the page on which the letter is mounted, in the form of an autograph book.