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After his son's [William John Conybeare's?] illness during the holiday, WDC is uneasy about his health standing up to the rigours of a new term at Trinity College.

Uxminster - WDC is thrilled that his son [William John Conybeare] is to be made a Fellow of Trinity College.

WDC's son [William John Conybeare] has been 'detained by serious indisposition in town'. Therefore he has not yet returned home and thus he can say nothing certain about his plans. WDC's son has 'read nothing but Classics' and neglected the mathematics. Last week he had a bad 'fever and strong pulsation and displacement of the heart' but thanks to a prompt bleeding seems much better. WDC would like to 'keep him quiet ten days or a fortnight before he returns' homeward, and does not want him to overwork.

Covering the years 1852-1853, with additions by E. Conybeare. Transcription by Constance Babington Smith

MS copy of review in hand of Annabella Hungerford Milnes.

188: Contains anecdote about William Whewell.
192: Encloses letter from William John Conybeare, 25 Mar. 1857.

Rouse's signature is on the verso of the front endpaper, with a note of the bequest below. Includes a copy of the order signed by Christopher Wordsworth, Master, 7 Feb. 1838, requiring all undergraduates to attend Chapel at least eight times a week. A note by Rouse Ball below suggests that this was moved by William Carus, who became Senior Dean on 3 Oct. 1836, and describes the undergraduate reaction. W. J. Conybeare, G. E. L. Cotton, J. S. Howson and C. L. Rose are named as 'originators' of the 'Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Undergraduates'.

pp. 9-25: copies of 'Attendance-Sheets' recording attendance of Fellows at Chapel, issued by the Society for the weeks ending 17 Feb.-24 Mar. 1838; the last of these also lists the Fellows by number of times they attended, and awards them classes as if for an examination.

pp. 27-81: note by Rouse Ball on a 'large number of squibs, epigrams, &c the majority of which (according to Dean Peacock) were written by E Crookenden, A. C. Gooden, J. B. Hume, Lang, and Tom Taylor'. Four of these, with accompanying notes, are copied out.