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Writes on the death of Henry Sidgwick to express her sympathy and that of her mother with Nora on her loss. Speculates as to great a loss it must be to her, considering how keenly it is felt by themselves, who had met him so rarely. Claims that there is no one whom she reverenced so much or whose words had so much influence upon her. Considers it a privilege to have been associated with him, however remotely, 'and in however humble a work as the C.O.S.' Claims that there is no one left who approaches him in social charm, and that their last light from Cambridge society is gone.

Five letters and one piece of humorous writing from the family of Michael Angelo Atkinson and Amelia Williams, with two letters from Adam Sedgwick in April 1856 about Atkinson and Williams' engagement, to Amelia Williams and to her mother Anna Williams. With two earlier letters: a report on Michael Angelo Atkinson by James Tate to Atkinson's father Peter, dated 12 Dec. 1831, and a letter from M. A. Atkinson at Trinity College to his sister Harriet about French literature. Two more items are written by Harriet Miller, the wife of William Hallowes Miller and a cousin? of the Williams family: one, a letter to her Aunt [Anna Williams?] includes a long description of the dinner held at Trinity College in honour of the Queen and Prince Albert on his installation as Chancellor of Cambridge University in July 1847; the other, a humorous essay about water closets and the loss of the garden privy.