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Peterborough Deanery. Prize essays, reviews of George Grote's history of Greece suggests that it is better than that of Thirlwall.

Trinity College Cambridge. Cambridge cold but not exhilarating, passed preliminary exam, "horrid" lectures to begin, regime of Sunday chapels.

Peterborough Deanery. Enquires of H M Butler's new coach and of College lectures.

Trinity College. Character of Vernon Lushington, Pitt Scholarship impending, is to see Dr and Mrs Langley, although the year and a half that he spent under their roof was not the most productive of his life: Trinity College

Peterborough Deanery. Arthur Butler seems to have miscalculated the difficulty of examinations at Oxford, GB's portrait now framed, Emily Butler at Oxford.

Cambridge Union. Sudden death of George Butler, will collect his letters.

Peterborough Deanery. Situation in India.

Cambridge. Birth of a son of George Butler, Thompson and Whewell have given Spencer Butler testimonials.

Dunkeld. Description of highland games, deputising for Farrar in examining the sixth form at Marlborough, enjoying Homer more than ever.

Cambridge. Bishop Selwyn painted for St John's before leaving, working men's colleges, Ruskin working to develop the working man's imagination to make him truly happy.

Cambridge. Two papers left in the Maths tripos in which H M Butler will write nothing, Crompton to be Trinity's first man - probably sixth, wishes to establish a family fund to buy contemporary art.

Cambridge. Death of Edward Babington, H M Butler telegraphed his entry for the Classics Tripos on the last day possible.

Rome. Roman antiquities, few remains of republican buildings, the Vatican, proposes to stay with an Italian family, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Rome. Attempt on the life of Louis Napoleon, Tivoli, Hadrian's villa, Monte Gennaro, delight in Dante.

Hotel de York, Florence. Travels to Veniceand Florence, discusses the art of bargaining in the East, Smyrna.

Tintern.

Trinity Lodge. death of Aunt Emily.

Trinity Lodge. Description of a visit to Gayton, history of the rectory there.