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Tells him that he may tell anyone he wishes to tell, as he supposes the information 'will come quite out in a day or two.' Tells him to count on him 'for the 4th', and presumes that he has made arrangements at Newcastle. States that Dakyns, with whom he is staying, 'would like to come to about half a dozen seances', and asks if he shall be let in. Declares that he is a sympathetic person, and would be good.

Presumably JCH will soon be travelling to William Wordsworth's neighbourhood: 'I want especially to request you to lose no time in making the acquaintance of Frederic Myers my brother in law. He is married to Mrs Whewell's sister Susan and lives at Keswick, the minister of a church which the Marshalls have built there. He is a thoroughly excellent person, a worthy friend of Wordsworth and Arnold [Matthew Arnold]. He has written a book about the church, of which the spirit is admirable, and of which I think you would like the views, as they are very nearly those of Arnold'. WW was as delighted with the Life of Arnold as JCH was.

Written from St. John's Parsonage, Keswick.

'Fred Myers; poem of 1870 in "The translation of Faith". [Public Session of Oecumenical Council etc]. Poems 1870, p.74, A Renewal of Youth, 1882, p.1.'

Trinity:- Has 'had a new bill made out, and paid it': would have been better if they had sent it to him 'at the beginning', as he believes 'they were instructed to do'. His tripos is on the 31st, so he has almost a fortnight more, "each day being invaluable... would willingly give £10 a day for more time'. Only has six papers. Walked with Charlie and G[eorge] to Barrington yesterday and had tea there; the 'country is very delightful now', and the flowers better than he 'ever remember[s] seeing them'. Charlie has been well and 'enjoyed his visit immensely'. George and his friends have 'committed themselves to Skye [for a holiday ?]' and Robert does not think they could back out now, though they are having 'some difficulty in getting some volunteers for so distant an enterprise'.

Is glad to have good news of Welcombe; hopes Fairweather has recovered from his fall - he 'must be used to that sort of thing by now'. Went to dinner at the Myers' house last Sunday and met Dolly [Stanley?] who was 'very pleasant and delightful'. Also there was Sir Alfred Lyall, who 'was subjected to a severe catechism on Mango-trees and chupattis'. Saw Welldon at the Provost of King's', as he was 'preaching the annual university sermon'. The subject was 'the Colonial bishops and missionaries, and he very wisely' made the sermon into a 'historical lecture, quoting also large passages from Seeley's Expansion of England' and making 'a dull subject as interesting as it could be made'.

Emsworth, Hampshire - WW has just been to the funeral of his friend and brother-in-law Frederic Myers. He thinks RJ should be given a pension from the state like the other two Tithe Commissioners, rather than relying on the church for compensation: 'It is treating the Commission as if it were a lawsuit between the nation and the church, and so at the end each party were left to pay its own agents'.