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Dunford House, Heyshott, Midhurst, Sussex. - Thanks Trevelyan for "From the Shiffolds", which has given him and his wife 'much pleasure'. The "Epistle to Philip Erasmus" is a 'masterpiece', and has introduced him to a word he did not know though he has 'read most of Hume and Berkeley'. Wonders to whom Trevelyan refers in "Ten Years Ago", 'possibly G.L.D. [Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson]'. The "Birds of the Air" is 'good and edifying'; hopes Trevelyan will also try Pompey's Dream [in Lucan?] and Persius 'on his old tutor Cornutus [corrected from Cornelius by hand]. Was a 'great as well as an unexpected pleasure' to see Trevelyan again; they look forward to a visit from him and 'Miss C. W.' [Irene Cooper-Willis ?] when conditions improve'. Postscript that an enclosure [no longer present] may 'amuse' Trevelyan.

The sketch is captioned ‘Illustrations of [th]e Romans manners | 2 forms of [th]e Roman “Walker” | cf Persius. Sat i. 58.’ On the page itself is written: ‘“O Jane, a tergo quem nulla ciconia pinsit, | Nec manus auriculas imitata est mobilis albas. | – – – – – – – – – – –.[”]’ The gestures of the men in the sketch are probably intended to match those mentioned in the passage referred to.

The sketch is captioned ‘Longo premit assere medos. Juv. 7. 132. | from a fresco lately excavated in the house of the poet & translator M— at Pompeii’.