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(Transcript in the hand of R. C. Mangin, docketed ‘Reverend Edward Mangin’s reply to Mr: Warren Hastings critique upon his Essay on Light Reading’. Dated 1808 at the end. ‘Aug.’ has been added at the head in pencil.)

Thanks Sidgwick for the copy of his book, which he sent to him. Acknowledges 'the scrupulous fairness and moderation of [his] polemic', and observes that the title was well-chosen, from the author's point of view. Comparing himself to Warren Hastings on hearing Burke's speech, he admits that 'for the moment [he felt himself] a criminal'. Refers to Sidgwick's attitude to lying, and to his statement about the Bible. Reports that some days previously a bishop had warned a friend of his 'against the dangerous views of Gore and declared that the still more orthodox [Uttley?] was not much better than a Deist.' Refers to the statement '"Born of the V[irgin] M[ary]"', and states his belief that 'no statements could be plainer, less susceptible of being explained away [or] less believed by clergy who accept O[ld T[estament] criticism than the [statement] [at] [ ?hiat?]...' Refers also to the fourth commandment which is refuted publicly and weakly.

London Road. Dated 23 June, 1912 - Thanks him for 'Letters of William Cowper' but objects to the phrase 'Warren Hastings and his enemy Impey'; also tells the history of one of letters attributed to Cowper that is not his; clarifies where Charles Lamb's 'divine chitchat of Cowper' appears; was annoyed to see Cowper's house had been pulled down in Dereham; mourns [Arthur] Verrall.

Thanks him for 'Letters of William Cowper' but objects to the phrase 'Warren Hastings and his enemy Impey'; also tells the history of one of letters attributed to Cowper that is not his; clarifies where Charles Lamb's 'divine chitchat of Cowper' appears; was annoyed to see Cowper's house had been pulled down in Dereham; mourns [Arthur] Verrall.

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Bessy read them Robert's account of the Maharajah at breakfast, and Sir George received the letter from Benares [Varanasi]; he himself was there, but probably only between trains; Warren Hastings was there longer and liked it less. Has a vague recollection of a ghaut [ghat], a little like Robert's postcards. That was fifty years ago and much has changed; today is Gladstone's birthday, and it says much about the man that he is remembered 'half a generation after his death'. Sorry that [Goldsworthy Lowes] Dickinson was so ill; hopes he is 'permanently right again' now. In the future, Robert will be glad to have got to know a 'great native household' [that of the Maharajah of Chhatapur], rather than going to Burma; he himself prefers his 'thorough, and rather dearly-earned knowledge of Calcutta' than to have seen more, 'even more romantic objects'. Their journey south on Friday was 'arduous' but went well; Julian behaved perfectly and enjoyed it very much. Is reading the later volume of Gibbon, and more or less agrees with Robert that 'they are a stately bridge between the ancient and the modern world'; keeps thinking what a 'bright man of the world' Gibbon was.