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Refers to letter he sent that morning. Expresses his satisfaction with the progress of the Essays [on a Liberal Education, edited by Farrar], and praises those of Wilson, Seeley and Sidgwick as being 'most weighty and excellent'. Expresses the hope that he can secure some reviews, and asks Sidgwick to use his influence in that direction also, with, for example, Lord Houghton. Declares his intention of writing to Dr William Smith, and of trying 'to get the Quarterly [Review] to speak.' Asks Sidgwick for suggestions with regard to the preface. States his intention to try 'to get up a gathering at my home before the end of September.'

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Read Robert's [play] "Meleager" yesterday admired, enjoyed, and learned from it as he did not know the story; it recalled the 'strange thrill' with which he first read a line in Homer ["Iliad" 2.642], which he gives slightly misquoted. Then read the story in Smith's ["Dictionary of Greek and Roman] Antiquities" and in 'old Lemprière' [John Lemprière's "Classical Dictionary"]; Robert 'turned it powerfully, artfully, and unexpectedly'.