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39 Marina, St Leonards. Engagement of George Butler jun to Josephine Gray, Mrs Hollond.

Trinity College, Cambridge - A letter of condolence on the death of Butler’s sister Mrs Louisa Jane Butler Galton

42 Rutland Gate. Returns items relating to Catherine and John Bowen's memorials in Sierra Leone.

Thanks Butler for pamphlet.

Cambridge. Rifle corps to be established in Cambridge by subscription.

Rome. Describes Vespers in the Sistine Chapel "profoundly unimpressive", the pope "a fine looking man with something of the mild side of Whewell", service in St Peter's.

Buraw, Description of a visit to Scotland, review of the navy at Spithead.

Cambridge. [Dudley] Perceval, Butler family moderate liberals, recommendations for reading,

Talyllyn. Climbing near Cader Idris.

Trinity College Cambridge. Spencer Butler gave H M Butler arrowroot to help him through the Pitt examination, Spencer has nine pupils.

Has promising candidates for the post of bass singer, [McPhee] hopes to persuade the Bishop [of Peterborough] that the party at Gayton who dislike him is small.

Includes Lionel Tennyson's verse "Annotated edition of uneasy lies the head that wears a stolen hat, an unhappy story" with a note by H. M. Butler dated 1901 identifying the author and circumstances. Another poem from J. H. R. to M. S. K. [James Henry Ramsay to Mary Scott Kerr] is dated 1861, and a postcard to Mme. F. Galton in Cannes is unsigned and dated from Florence, April 14, 1893.

[Gregory Scholarship]

Arthur Butler has won the English verse prize at college.

Disappointed by Prince Albert's demeanour at Harrow speech day, George Butler was disappointed that the Prince did not ask to be introduced to H M Butler as Head of the School.