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Signed W. S. Vaux, Secretary.

Embossed notepaper for Royal Society of Literature, 4 St Martin's PLae, W.. - No mistake about John Milton's Commonplace book: Mr [A. J.] Horwood found original at Netherby Hall. Details of Royal Society of Literature facsimile and subscription; Camden Society is reprinting Horwood's edition of the text, but the Royal Society of Literature will produce autotype copies of every page. Postscript: encloses original prospectus [no missing].

Balliol College, Oxford. - Account of Dindorf's proposals for the publication of a manuscript by Uranius which was subsequently found to be a forgery by C. Simonides. 'Pertz's information is very curious'; asks if it is 'all an abstract of entries made at the time, since it differs in some respects from Scott's recollection of what was said at the time. Discusses his own recollections, mentioning Bekker, Böckh, Magnus, Lepsius, Bunsen, Ehrenberg, Tischendorf, and Humboldt. Dindorf tells him that Sir T. Phillipps has, amongst other things purchased from Simonides, an extract from Homer 'with an extract purporting that "the Archon of Chios gave this to Hipparchus, son of Peisistratus"; and another of Hesiod, written βουστροφηδόν - !'.

Copy in hand of W. Aldis Wright.